Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

49 reviews

arual_14o3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

2/5 First half of the Book was slow. 
Put it down a cupple of times because I was anoyed by Feyra.

4,5/5 Second half of the book was more interesting. Couldn‘t stop reading and listening for the last 30% of the Book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Vomit, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Slavery, and Sexual content

laurenma_14's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

katzm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, War, Domestic abuse, and Violence

qatkatcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

READ THE NEXT BOOK EVEN IF YOU DIDNT LIKE THIS ONE (trust me!)

ACOTAR is a slow stepping stone to a much better second book (ACOMAF). The Beauty and the Beast influence is very beautifully written into the series as a whole, but the leaning on the sexual content in this first novel to create positive appeal for an otherwise unattractive Tamlin came off as a cheap knockoff of the Beauty and the Beast story. 

That being said, while this first book in the series involves a lot of important world building details and therefore can be slow at times, the tense and exciting last few chapters of this book is really where Maas’s writing and world building development begins to shine. Maas has an incredible knack for writing characters that have depth, secrets and hidden motivations, as well as beautifully writing conversations in a way that makes the politics of the book/series absolutely intriguing. (Also, if you happen to be familiar with Irish/Celtic folklore, there are some very entertaining nods to some classic folktales scattered throughout the series, and most if not all of the character names come from traditional Irish/Celtic influence.)

After initially reading this first book, I was on the fence as to whether or not to continue with the series, and decided to make the jump and buy ACOMAF. And let me tell you, it only gets better from here. Read the next book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Grief, and Blood

Minor: Death

pjbu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Loved this book. Intro to fantasy. VERY violent. I’d prefer less violence and no more torture please. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

bear_ridge_tarot's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 This is a very popular fantasy book and I was expected it to be as good as advertised. While ACOTAR was an overall enjoyable read for me, the book had a few very glaring things it lacked. I enjoy a thick book with a lot of world-building, and this one fits that description. There is a rich history in the lands of Pyrthian, that I want to know more. 

But I don't like lackluster characters, and the MCs are lacking in depth. Their relationship also sorely lacks, and while it's obvious to everyone around them it is being forced, the allusion to a Beauty & Beast trope didn't work for me. I found the supporting characters of Lucien and Rhysand were more interesting to me than Feyra and Tamlin. 

This book also comes with a number of trigger warnings for me, including toxic/abusive relationships, ablism, Stockholm syndrome, and violence of multiple kinds. I will at least give the next book a chance to further develop the depths of the characters before washing my hands of the series, because I loved the world the story is set in so much. 

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Violence, Body shaming, Classism, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

indyyxoxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Animal death, and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, War, Slavery, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Grief, Ableism, Sexual content, and Physical abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Child death, and Domestic abuse

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

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

quietlex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed the story, despite being fairly predictable and on the nose. Things work out a bit too conveniently, in a way that you know all the main characters will be fine, and there’s rainbows and sunshine at the end. 

I mean come on, she leaves just DAYS before the curse runs out of time, if only she had said those three little words to him at ANY point since she already knew she loved him. She wouldn’t have made it past the second trial without Rhys secret help. She happens to figure out the riddle the second before being killed, then she’s magically brought back to life by a special never seen before golden goo that all the High Lords have! Where have you been loca style, she’s all pretty and shiny like a new vampire now.

Also, Feyre is an idiot. Makes it really hard to love her character when she continuously makes the worst decisions over and over.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Slavery, and War