Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Regatul spinilor și al trandafirilor by Sarah J. Maas

135 reviews

bethanyt123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’m clearly (and honestly, understandably) in the minority here; but I really liked this, and I didn’t think it was slow at all. I thought there was enough intrigue to keep me hooked, and hints were revealed very slowly in a way that allowed me to make my own guesses. It was fun to see it all unfold slowly. I did struggle through the first few chapters, but once Feyre

got to the Court

I was good.

The only minor thing I could not bear:

the riddle was so painfully obvious that I was internally screaming the answer for the entire third act.

But it was really a fun read otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Torture, Violence, Death, Confinement, Classism, and Toxic relationship

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, War, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Classism, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I know I’m like 10 years late to reading this but I was totally fine being ~not like the other book girlies~ and refusing to read this series because everyone else was obsessed with it. And for what? To act like that somehow made me better? Perhaps for a time it soothed me to roll my eyes at talk of faerie romance and all the tedious world building of courts and magic and such… except why? Literally why. Why do I do this to myself. I love Twilight, The Hunger Games—I jumped on those bandwagons early on, so why did I put this one off for so long just to inevitably devour it?? 

Yeah fantasy isn’t usually my thingggggg but people change!!! 

✨ she’s a High Fae girly now!!!!! ✨ (Please read this next line in that one voice from Shrek) ANYTHING FOR YOU, MY LORD!!! 

Anyway, Feyre is an awesome protagonist and I’m so looking forward to what next awaits her in Prythian…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Classism, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, War, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Murder, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Blood, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Torture

allys_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and War

dreamwrapt's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Where to begin... this was just horrible. Literally a remix of Twilight. I don't get why this is popular. Read something better written, please. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Grief, Sexual content, War, Fatphobia, Gore, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Eating disorder, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, and Drug use

rsbrown19's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Murder, Slavery, Classism, Confinement, Death, Torture, War, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Excrement, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

iwinatcookie's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gaslighting, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Sexual content, Gore, Death of parent, Murder, Animal death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Classism

Moderate: Rape

zuhh's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

This book was really great at setting the foundation for the second book. It really helped with the world building, but as a result, it was a little lacklustre. It was kind of like the first chapter of a book: you have to get through it so you can understand the rest of the book. It’s the first chapter of the series. That being said,

the Beauty and the Beast theme was interesting but made half the book very slow. I appreciate the dedication to slowly laying out information that would foreshadow the conclusion and allowing us to see their love grow naturally, but i nearly gave up at the halfway point because of how much Feyre seemed to lose her sense of self as she fell in love with Tamlin. She became more comfortable and unshackled by the worries of her mortal life, yes, but she almost became meek and docile in the home. Guess that kind of also explains why she didn’t fight to stay when Tamlin sent her back to the mortal realm. Everything can be explained away, but the main character was disappointing.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Blood, Death, Excrement, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Classism

Minor: War, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

Uninteresting characters, except for Rhysand. Curious to know where his storyline takes him.