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itsahmorgan's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
I honestly wasn’t impressed by this book. If you’re looking for something that has a lot of common basic tropes crammed into a fantasy book, this kind of nails it. If you’re looking for something fresh and exciting, I wouldn’t recommend it based on this first book in the series. That being said, I might give book 2 a try since I’ve heard a lot of people say to push through to that one and it picks up. It might be worth the time eventually, we’ll see.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
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.
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.
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Rape and Domestic abuse
m0chafar1s23's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
4.5
I have heard A LOT about this series and how good it is, and you know what. They were right
I have heard that this series is "overrated" but I don't think its overrated, or underated for that matter. ACOTAR recieves just the right amount of recognition and praise. The lore is interesting, and the characters were interesting, specifically Lucien and Rhys, those guys get my kudos.
I will admit, this series would have been a 5 star if it wasn't for one thing, and the reason is because some parts of the book were very...very...VERY slow, and in some parts I zoned out, but overall, I wasn't dreading on reading such a long book and enjoyed my read.
I have heard that this series is "overrated" but I don't think its overrated, or underated for that matter. ACOTAR recieves just the right amount of recognition and praise. The lore is interesting, and the characters were interesting, specifically Lucien and Rhys, those guys get my kudos.
I will admit, this series would have been a 5 star if it wasn't for one thing, and the reason is because some parts of the book were very...very...VERY slow, and in some parts I zoned out, but overall, I wasn't dreading on reading such a long book and enjoyed my read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Death of parent and Vomit
lentils1012'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Okay, so when I first read this novel (I was like 12, okay?) I hated it with a passion .
Thinking back it’s somehow a bit funny, but little me was not having it.
Now I reread it and honestly, it was actually pretty good, maybe a bit overrated.
Easy to read and adventurous.
Ofc I was sometimes a bit annoyed by Feyre being told not to do something because it is very dangerous and doing exactly that 10 minutes later, but hey …. I was more annoyed by Tam.
And I know that my annoyance will only increase in the second book. :)
Btw, if you have read the book or don’t want to read it but are curious about the plot:
I recommend watching A court of thorns and roses | animated summary by TheCookieRhino on YouTube. It’s funny and sums up the thoughts I had while rereading it pretty well
Thinking back it’s somehow a bit funny, but little me was not having it.
Now I reread it and honestly, it was actually pretty good, maybe a bit overrated.
Easy to read and adventurous.
Ofc I was sometimes a bit annoyed by Feyre being told not to do something because it is very dangerous and doing exactly that 10 minutes later, but hey …. I was more annoyed by Tam.
And I know that my annoyance will only increase in the second book. :)
Btw, if you have read the book or don’t want to read it but are curious about the plot:
I recommend watching A court of thorns and roses | animated summary by TheCookieRhino on YouTube. It’s funny and sums up the thoughts I had while rereading it pretty well
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War
clairemitchell's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Tamlin is Howl from Howl’s moving castle. I feel like this is gonna turn in to a love triangle and that’s rough because a. Tamlin is great, he’s a protector and believes in her and supports her and I like him a lot. And b. I’m monogamous and do not support cheating in anyway and for this to become a love triangle with Rhys something sad would have to happen.
Rhys is great too, and I like enemies to lovers tropes so them together would probably be more interesting. If she chooses him won’t the love of this book be for naught? She does everything out of love for Tamlin.
Rhys is great too, and I like enemies to lovers tropes so them together would probably be more interesting. If she chooses him won’t the love of this book be for naught? She does everything out of love for Tamlin.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Gore, Torture, Confinement, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
kalyn_c's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, Sexual content, and Blood
Moderate: Gore and Torture
Minor: Slavery, War, and Injury/Injury detail
kdawgreads69's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
it was good but the writing was a bit ridiculous n repetitive at times, and toward the end it seemed to drag on for a while
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Animal death, and Gore
laruru's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
4.0
3.75/5 Story
5/5 Audiobook (GraphicAudio dramatized adaption)
The audiobook definitely made my reading experience much more enjoyable than if I were to only read ACOTAR. It truly felt like I was watching a movie in my mind - full cast narration, background music/ambience, and sound effects. I binged the entire book in two sittings.
The story itself was still good, but I don't think I would have read it so quickly without the dramatized audiobook. The first half of the story was slow - we spend a lot of time with just Feyre, Tamlin, and Lucien - but I liked getting to know the trio, Feyre had chemistry with both characters (one romantic and the other friendly). Feyre was a good balance of helpless human girl and insanely brave underdog.
The pacing picks up at the 50% mark and the vibes of the story flip - there's more action and higher stakes in the second half of the book. I found some parts to be cheesy and more fairytale than high fantasy novel. I really liked every character except Amarantha - they made her out to be a big bad villain but her part in the book was underwhelming.
I can't wait to see how the rest of the series plays out(and how/if Feyre ends up leaving Tamlin for Rhysand)
5/5 Audiobook (GraphicAudio dramatized adaption)
The audiobook definitely made my reading experience much more enjoyable than if I were to only read ACOTAR. It truly felt like I was watching a movie in my mind - full cast narration, background music/ambience, and sound effects. I binged the entire book in two sittings.
The story itself was still good, but I don't think I would have read it so quickly without the dramatized audiobook. The first half of the story was slow - we spend a lot of time with just Feyre, Tamlin, and Lucien - but I liked getting to know the trio, Feyre had chemistry with both characters (one romantic and the other friendly). Feyre was a good balance of helpless human girl and insanely brave underdog.
The pacing picks up at the 50% mark and the vibes of the story flip - there's more action and higher stakes in the second half of the book. I found some parts to be cheesy and more fairytale than high fantasy novel. I really liked every character except Amarantha - they made her out to be a big bad villain but her part in the book was underwhelming.
I can't wait to see how the rest of the series plays out
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Moderate: Sexual content
fireangel080's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder