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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1142 reviews

beenberger's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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harley08212008's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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nin3423's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is all about world building and preparing for the second book, it seems. I was hoping for more of what the last 1/4th of the books story showed. It didn’t meet the expectations of what people were telling me about this book. I did like the characters and the descriptions of the world are very detailed. I personally felt it was very cringy for the first half and then gave me what I was expecting for the second.

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psychnp's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I decided to finally read this book and it makes for a fun summer read, particularly the graphic audio. I had not realized how deeply it is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed that the story did become its own work especially towards the end. I enjoyed the characters and felt that SJM wrote a convincing representation of a 19 year old who had a lot on her shoulders. This was a fun read and I do have some criticisms.
The author jumps around with the timeline a lot. Often it felt like some descriptions were given once and then never mentioned again which made it especially hard to go back and revisit details on audio. I was able to figure out the riddle immediately but I still felt satisfaction when my guess was correct.

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lalesbianlune's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I went into this knowing that

Tamlin was not the hero

which probably changed my experience. I really enjoyed the worldbuilding and Feyre as a character. I was also instantly excited for Nesta having a storyline of her own since she was so dynamic just in her few scenes.

The Under the Mountain portions were definitely the best but I spent so much of that part thinking “I bet Rhysand is going to end up as some redeemed bad guy, but getting her drunk and touching her is just wrong.”

Sped through this, after so long not reading it.

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musicdaph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Laughed and cried a lot. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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mbutler's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lizbeee's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The more I think about this book the more I dislike it. I’m surprised this series is as popular as it is considering nothing interesting happened for the first half of the book.

Also I wasn’t a huge fan of the characters if I’m being honest. Feyre annoyed me quite a bit as I feel like she made a lot of stupid decisions. I know it’s for advancement of the plot but she pissed me off nevertheless.

Would also like to add that the author used the terms “metallic tang” and “bowels turned watery” far too often.

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stottlemorgan's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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