Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

62 reviews

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Classism, Grief, Sexism, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Misogyny

Minor: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Child abuse

kueki's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, War, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Slavery and Death of parent

bisquii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

3.0

3 for quality but 5 for a solid escapism fantasy! No think, just fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.

bookish_78bookieluvr's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

1.0

Rysand is the bare minimum. Hated how Sarah J. Maas didn't address the problematic things that Tamlin and Ryhsand did to feyre for thier own gain. I hate that thier actions were romanticized and not show in the true light of negativity that it was. Feyre deserved better and just because a dude taught her how to read and treated her like an equal human being didn't make Ryhsand a feminist it made him the bare minimum and the bar isn't in hell it simply doesn't exsist. I feel that we can simply at least try to address these things and not romantic them and instead show what these problematic theses are are negative and not good and the reason onto why problematic and hurtful things are to be addressed is becuase the books are consumed by mass media's of people and teenagers children even. It is not something that they should normalize as normal, good, the standard, and to be expected from thier future partners. She normalises an incredibly sexist dynamic that has men universally characterised as possessive, violent and dominating, and women as passive objects to be fought over. In the case of Feysand, this is repainted in ACOMAF as a narrative of undying and ‘true’ love. Even if you enjoy the books, you *cannot* ignore these implications.  At this link and resource that I used for my own review you may go check out this creator more in depth review about this book which helped me realize exactly how problematic this book truly was and to which I am truly greatful : [ *https://howlsmovinglibrary.tumblr.com/post/160130108614/the-relationship-between-misogyny-and-romance-a *]
*[also: problematic gender portrayal, problematic tropes - traditional alpha male behaviour, such as possessiveness and animalistically coded desire, issues of iffy (and in cases utterly absent) consent, reinforced heterosexuality.]* She can do a much better job depicting trauma without sensationalizing it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Stalking

Normalized abuse and toxic relationships trope.

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

natalliajayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexism

revived_reading's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

Where do I even begin? This book is one of the worst I have ever read (I say one of because the rest of the books in the series are 10x worse). ACOTAR is *supposed* to be a beauty and the beast retelling… it isn’t even close to being one. The “plot” (if you can even find one) is incredibly boring and slow. The characters are so two-dimensional it’s… so bad that I don’t even have words. The characters show no growth or development whatsoever and to be honest, Feyre is just Aelin in a brown wig and dumbed down. 

As for the story contents itself, there is a scene where SJM butchers what is a Welsh holiday known as Calan Mai (spelt Calanmai in the book). From my understanding, it is a celebration on May 1st marking the start of summer. In ACOTAR, it has a… somewhat similar purpose but not really. It gets ruined when you account for the fact that Tamlin, the love interest and the “beast” of this “retelling”, is basically supposed to get super horny because of the magic and fuck another person because that causes magic to flow through their court/home and replenish the land???? Tamlin comes across Feyre and FORCIBLY tries to get with her! When he comes out of this frenzy the next day? It’s her fault because he told her to stay in her room and not come out. Not to mention, Feyre almost gets assaulted during Calanmai too.

At the end of the story, Feyre must go through trials… I won’t even get into that because they’re so utterly boring but I do want to mention 2 things. The first being that Rhysand, the character who ends up being Feyre’s love interest, abuses her so much and no one in this damn fandom blinks an eye. He forced her to get drunk and do horrible things. Secondly, Amarantha (the villain) comes up with a riddle… one that makes no sense and I have no words for how stupid it is. 

Then there’s the writing. There are so many problematic things, where do I even begin? First of all, there are waaaaay too many em-dashes in use. Sjm is so so repetitive, too. I am sure there is more, but I have tried to erase this monstrosity from my brain as best as possible. 

Tl;dr DON’T READ THIS BOOK. It’s a waste of your precious time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent

miss_sunshine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexism, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent

cjgamble's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

2.0

Beauty and the beast knock off. It would have been nice to know that ahead of time. Would not have been so irritated. Regardless, not great. Sexual-harassment and molestation throughout. Very frustrating. Will not read again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

mariareviews's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

A great book, honestly! Although I must say it lacks diversity (something common with Sarah J. Mass) I’ll say that it is quite a good, fast read book. It’s not boring, goes to a decent pace AND you can actually picture how everyone and the sceneries look like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual content and Slavery

Minor: Sexism