Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

229 reviews

darkpizza's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Racism, Vomit, War, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, and Sexual harassment

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, War, Classism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Alcohol, Drug use, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Murder, Misogyny, Sexism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Torture

madisonstarkov's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Kidnapping, Outing, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Vomit

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Body horror, Murder, Gore, Slavery, Animal death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Terminal illness, Child death, Cursing, Vomit, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and War

littletiramisu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Animal death, Physical abuse, Gore, Murder, Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, and Slavery

katierosecrane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.25

This book is heavily based on fairy tales (Beauty and the Beast). I didn’t finish this book the first time a read it but this time I was successful. From what I’ve heard from Maas fans this is her worst book, which for the record was a good book. There were some things I thought should be different in the book but still a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Kidnapping, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Alcoholism, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Classism, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, and War

ellas_novels's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

tabea1409'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Alcohol, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Gore, Animal death, Violence, Vomit, Genocide, and Grief

avornell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.75

The first half of the book was harder for me to get through. The main character seemed to be very stereotypical and somewhat annoying with her stubbornness and attitude. The books pace picked up and introduced lots of twists by the middle making it much harder to put down. I was not fully prepared for the spicy parts and some of them felt awkward to read and a bit forced. I enjoy romance, but it felt like there was less “romance” and more like everyone was just lusting after each other (to put it lightly haha).
All that said, I enjoyed the overall plot and did purchase the next book in the series because I hear it gets better as it goes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, Grief, Gore, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Rape

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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

4.5

I am now a very firm and ardent lover of the Maasverse! I can’t believe I’ve had this book for 9 years and just now read it! I loved every bit of it and cannot wait to continue with these characters and fall even more in love with this world! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, War, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Slavery, Vomit, Animal death, Classism, Gore, Violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse