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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

38 reviews

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

corallydeer's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I got physically mad by the time I finished reading this book. The amount of emotional whiplash it gave me by the end was enough to make me vibrate, have a racing heart, and feel like I wanted to chuck the book against the wall. The first two-thirds of the book was spent being fairly bored with the book and even struggling to get through it a bit (even though I'd been warned all over the internet that it could be a bit of a slog), but by the last 200 pages or so I was hooked and on the edge of my seat. 

Feyre's stubbornness and inability to make decisions that seemed to make rational sense,

along with the hot and cold start to her and Tamlin's relationship

, was mildly offputting and prevented me from getting into any kind of consistent flow. It lulled me into a sense of boredom that got 180'd into edge-of-my-seat reading within just a few chapters that didn't release me until I finished the book.

I loved Amarantha as a villain; I thought everything about her was incredibly well done, from the way she acted to her visual description perfectly showing her as a cold and cruel beauty who loved torture

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I also loved Rhysand as a character (despite everything he did to Feyre in this book) and can't wait to read more about him

. I guess I'm gonna have to go and get the second book asap, dang.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death and Vomit

Death

(Feyre's mother died when she was young, death and killing of various fae in varying levels of detail)

| Gore

(Feyre has nightmares of killing Andras in human form and skinning him, summer fae gets his wings cut off with details about his condition, decapitated fae head staked on a fountain, detailed killing of Amarantha)

| Murder

(a number of fae and some humans are murdered at the whim of Amarantha, Feyre murders Andras and is later forced to murder innocent fae outright with lots of internal dialogue)

| Violence

(bouts of violence throughout the book related to survival and/or defense until the last third of the book where there is considerably more and graphic violence)

| Alcohol, Drug Abuse, & Sexual Harassment

(Feyre gets drugged with fae wine every day for a few months by Rhysand and forced in her delirium to do sexual dances)

| Injury/Injury Detail

(injuries related to fantasy violence and murder)

| Sexual Content

(a handful of instances that are usually no more than a page and mostly "fade to black" style with the focus on foreplay)

| Animal Death

(Feyre hunts to survive which is referenced in a few spots throughout the book)

| Vomit

(a few depictions of vomiting, typically in reaction to murder/death)

littletiramisu's review

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

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

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

nikkic66's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Animal death

furreverreading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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? Yes

4.0

The first half of the book was a bit slow for me, but the second half picked up, and I enjoyed the ending. Some characters I have mixed feelings about, so it will be interesting to see how they develop in the next books, to see which way my feelings solidify. 
SJM writing was overall decent. I did get a little annoyed with the ways she tended to describe Feyres feelings or reactions to things. Such as “my bowels turned watery” and various forms of that. But it can be overlooked 🤷🏻‍♀️ 
Overall, it didn’t live up to the hype that I expected it to, but it wasn’t terrible. It was still a fun read, and I plan to read the next one soon! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Child death, Confinement, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Animal death, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Gore

niamhct's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit and Misogyny

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

A Court of Thorn and Roses is one of those books on the "how have you not read this yet" list that everyone seems to judge readers by. It was far better than I was expecting, based on my last few experiences reading total duds, recommended by BookTok. It's not a romance novel by any means, and it's not a Beauty and the Beast adaptation, not really. The elements are there, but there is way more than the Belle et Bete story. I enjoyed it, and I like that it didn't end on a cliffhanger. I'll probably read the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexism, War, Xenophobia, Ableism, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Slavery, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, and Kidnapping

zhannuksela's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.0

Rhysand my darling you deserve more screen time 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse