Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

231 reviews

mrsmonstargh's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.5

Keen to read the next book, but not sure I'd read it again

Annoying point of the plot:

The riddle was easy. Why did it take so long to solve? Ignore the riddle and just do the challenges OR make it s more difficult riddle. It was frustrating knowing that plot point was unresolved, no matter how the story kept continuing via the "trials."

Also not a fan of the Beauty and the Beast style Stockholm syndrome. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Torture, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

ninipu's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

2.5

A lot of inconsistencies.
For example: Tam calls Feyre „You“, she things he can‘t remember her  name. A few sentence after he calls her Feyre, she don’t comment on it. A few sentence after he calls her Feyre again, and now she comments on ist that he know her name…. Yes, Girl, he die that a Minute ago also.
That small, bit wh hen there is stuff like this again and again it become really annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Animal death, Drug abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Grief, and War

Minor: Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Ableism, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Vomit

emwright_33's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Grief, Animal death, Alcohol, and Gore

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, Murder, Torture, Alcohol, Death, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Slavery, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, War, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Cursing, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Genocide, and Classism

ziracrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Alcohol, Death, Violence, Grief, Blood, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

morgangrace3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

thejadylady's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Abandonment and Gore

Minor: Gaslighting, Vomit, Death of parent, Classism, Grief, Animal death, Genocide, and Emotional abuse

mrsplace22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Vomit, Death, Gore, Torture, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

mamacalidad's review against another edition

Anxiety triggers

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Violence, Murder, and Grief

kjm19's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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? No

3.5

I love the world that exists in this book - looking forward to how it builds in the series! I found the characters interesting, charming and unique. 

I feel like there was a level of detachment between some of the characters at times that didn’t work with how the relationships were portrayed in the book. More details and nuances would’ve been useful!

Overall - really nice read and I’m excited to come back to it after reading the rest of the series to see how my opinion changes. 

SECOND READ 
I stand by what I said on a first read about the detached relationships (particularly between Feyre and Tamlin). I appreciate the golden nuggets throughout that point to future books. Fun and comforting read in many ways. I am looking forward to rereading ACOMAF!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, and Kidnapping