Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

28 reviews

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

junejunejulyjuly's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Bullying, and Infidelity

druzyquartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Confinement, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Torture, Alcohol, and Gaslighting

ekcd_'s review

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

This is a very mixed review - I started it as a hate read, so I could properly roast it. But I wound up devouring the book, really. It is essentially beauty and the beast meets twilight, with a double scoop of toxic relationships on top. 

The MC is incredibly bland and at first none of the plot or relationships made any sense. I had a LOT of eye rolling and it wasn't until the end that I realized that MC is bland for a REASON. Having  a blank canvas character allows the reader to project themselves into the story more easily...which is probably why people like it so much. Yearning, romance, sex - its all much more fun when you can imagine your self as the recipient. 

And for that the book did its job. Its a wonderful YA y/n self insert self indulgent book. The spice level is pretty low - the 1.5 scenes were short, laced with metaphors and not particularly racy. But I come from the land AO3. 

The plot was kind of weird, especially the last third with the trials. It seems the second and third books are better BUT i will not be reading them because there are more compelling love stories with muh better sex, slow burn and enemies to lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Slavery, Terminal illness, Vomit, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Body horror, Blood, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Murder, Rape, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Chronic illness

lexiheinen's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

4.75

I was skeptical of the hype this series was getting. Two of my friends who are not big readers are on the fourth book of the series and are so enamored that I had to see what compelled them to read these lengthy books. Now that I’ve started, I understand the hype and I’m hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, War, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Classism, Death, Gore, Violence, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, Murder, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Blood, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Torture

allys_shelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Child death, Classism, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and War

siannifer's review

emotional 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, and Murder

butilikeit's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment