Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

834 reviews

amynich1224's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Blood

andhochmuth'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The world building and story telling is really good. I enjoyed the dynamic between the Fey world and the Human world. Towards the middle of the book there was a chapter that could have been title "Info Dumping" but I wasn't too upset since it was interesting information. Feyre starts off as annoying and very hard headed. While I never disliked her, it was hard sometimes reading about the terrible choices she would make despite being told it was a bad idea. 

Many of the graphic descriptions or allusions to torture were off putting. I know that was the point, but some of the characters seem to be over the top evil. Maybe Fey are different, but it seemed an unnecessary way to gain what they wanted. 

I loved the characters of Tamlin and Lucien. Both are genuinely good men, even if it is misguided at first. But you can tell how they do deeply care for Feyre and their people. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

Minor: War and Transphobia

Sexual abuse towards women

Towards the end of the book Feyre is stripped naked and painted from the neck down and only given a shear cloth to cover herself. She is taken to a party this way and coerced to dance for all to see. This happens every night for a couple of months. While it is explained in great detail the first time it slowly becomes common place and not mentioned as much, but it is still happening over several chapters.

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Drug use, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexual content, Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Grief, Slavery, Vomit, Toxic relationship, War, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Confinement

Minor: Cursing and Self harm

heathere19's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.0

So... It was definitely entertaining but... It was like a combo of beauty and the beast meets Harry Potter meets Hercules or something like that where someone has to go through trials to prove something... I can see why ppl either just like this one or hate it. It wasn't boring though!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Blood, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

gabriella_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

The first five chapters almost made me add this book to the DNF. It felt slow and a bit boring. But I am GLAD that I didn’t cause I loved it once it picked up. And I can confidently say that Sarah J Maas and this series got me back into reading. I thoroughly enjoyed how the story itself and the world building allowed me to create a vivid picture. I will say that the last 100 pages were soo good that I went and got the rest of the series.  Take in to account that from the moment that Tamlin bursts into Feyres cabin to the very last page I was hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

venus_rose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, War, Murder, Gore, Death, Vomit, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Excrement, and Animal death

goth_empress_98's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Torture

Minor: Murder and Death of parent

lastcomment314's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the voice of Fayre's narration throughout, but found that the first half of the book was very slow. Things sped up somewhat in the second half, and especially in the final quarter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

khaben31'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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Torture, and Sexual content

msydd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Murder, Animal death, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, War, and Alcohol

Minor: Slavery and Chronic illness