Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

47 reviews

cararowen's review against another edition

tense medium-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

Colonizer trash meets beauty and the beast, plot requires main character to have no sense, does not have any actual character development, dubious consent for so so many scenes. Very my first romance novel vibes.

Feyra is not like the other girls, she's special, she's not hot but ever fairy man desires her, she's unable to listen to the most basic instructions, beauty and the beast is about compromise, this is about ignoring your boyfriend is rich because his daddy owned people and having your main character intoxicated and/or enchanted and/or manipulated into every sexual situation then claiming it's love. It's about having zero feelings of guilt when you get other people in trouble or dead and being consistently rewarded.

I have never disliked a text more than this one.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Blood, and Xenophobia

Minor: Slavery, Stalking, War, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual content, and Domestic abuse

constaaance's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse

ananya_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. There are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Vomit, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

plethora's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

Is all of media conspiring to groom its young femme readers?

Yet another teen girl manipulated into a romantic relationship with an immortal 500 year old man.

. Ick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, War, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual violence, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, and Murder

ahave10's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Death

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

maddramaqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Alcohol, Death, Violence, Blood, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, Torture, Colonisation, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity

arual_14o3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2/5 First half of the Book was slow. 
Put it down a cupple of times because I was anoyed by Feyra.

4,5/5 Second half of the book was more interesting. Couldn‘t stop reading and listening for the last 30% of the Book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Vomit, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Classism

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Slavery, and Sexual content

laurenma_14's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

katzm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, War, Domestic abuse, and Violence