Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

958 reviews

mfl345354's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, War, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment

lioness222's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

I listened to the dramatized audiobook on Spotify. The way the story built up to the end was amazing, I was on the edge of my seat! I loved everything that happened and the ethereal imagery painted by the author. 

*Side note: I knew the answer to Amarantha's riddle as soon as she said it, which either means I'm an intellectual and my English classes have paid off, or it was really obvious. But this is a petty comment, I found the book to be very creative and well-written otherwise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

weirdemosrus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Racism, Blood, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Slavery and Confinement

maddielags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

This book had me feeling all the emotions. From sadness, to anger, to more sadness and to hopefulness, I didn’t want this book to end but at the same time, I needed to know what happened. I understand the hype. This was my first adult fantasy book and it did not disappoint!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Body horror

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

miss_berry315's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

3.75

Okay look, I really struggled through the first 45% of this book bc it was so boring and Feyre was so annoying and dumb. Like, I wanted to bang my head against a wall for how boring and slow moving the first almost half of this book was. Like, let's be real, it didn't get interesting until Rhys showed up. All the action is packed into the last half of the book, so much so that the book could have easily been like 50 pages shorter and done the same thing. 
A lot of stuff just doesn't make sense with Feyre as a character: why does she not feel any anger towards her family for treating her poorly and not appreciating her? Why does she only use her survival instincts and hunting knowledge occasionally? Why does she act like she's being held captive when they were nothing but nice to her??? 
But the story definitely got better in the second half, and was saved by Lucien and Rhys. I'm only giving it more than 3 ⭐ bc of those two. 
Definitely a bit cheesy at times, you can definitely see the Beauty and the Beast retelling throughout, but I think it was done fairly well overall (again, if the beginning was shorter and Feyre plugged in her brain, it would have gotten like 4.5 stars)

I get the hype now, though. Im excited to see where this series goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Torture, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Sexual content

patbat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A Court of Thorns and Roses is weighed down by the plodding (roughly) first half of the book, which meanders about with no real purpose. If you read a summary of the first half and skip to the second half, you'll have approximately the same reading experience as someone who read through the entire book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Minor: Slavery

17michaelasully's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

It's your standard fantasy book with some smut here and there.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Sexual harassment, Torture, War, Blood, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, Death, and Death of parent

f33lsom3thing's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Confinement, and Sexism

itsahmorgan's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.25

I honestly wasn’t impressed by this book. If you’re looking for something that has a lot of common basic tropes crammed into a fantasy book, this kind of nails it. If you’re looking for something fresh and exciting, I wouldn’t recommend it based on this first book in the series. That being said, I might give book 2 a try since I’ve heard a lot of people say to push through to that one and it picks up. It might be worth the time eventually, we’ll see.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail