Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

27 reviews

geesreadingcorner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

musicdaph's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

One of the best books I’ve ever read. Laughed and cried a lot. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror and Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

2blueshoes's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

I struggled with this one. Interesting world building, and quite a few surprise plot twists that kept me guessing. However the heroine was frustratingly lacking in self reflection and reads very, very young. The “love” story feels more like Stockholm syndrome. There are also quite a few problematic consent moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

a_familiar_place's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Body horror, Cursing, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tieflingmom's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

pwiestess's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

A bit stereotypical character and plot development, but the second part of the book opens a new possibility for other characters to develop both the plot and the main character more. Hopefully the other books in the series will become less predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

ninipu's review

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

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and War

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

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Re-entering my Sarah J. Maas era with A Court of Thorns and Roses. It took me SO long to start this series because I just KNEW I was going LOVE it and Maas did not disappoint. I’m completely obsessed with the characters and their dynamics. I wasn’t sure how I felt about this being a bit of a beauty and the beast retelling, but I actually think that framework helped focus the reader on the differences, since we had a good understanding of where the plot was going (at least in part). This allowed the reader to take in the aspects of Prythian, and comfortably place themselves into this new world of the fae. I really loved the pacing of this book and thought the development felt natural. I definitely got some other classic literature references/inspirations outside of beauty and the beast as well—which I was really excited about. Overall, if you’re a fan of Fantasy, Romance, and mild spice, this book is definitely for you. I know I cannot WAIT to see where the rest of the series takes us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

inthemoonforcheese's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail