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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

29 reviews

tish12's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have to be honest I started and got to about chapter 12 and I wasn't getting into it at all. But I sat it down took a breather and started the book again and this time I fell in love with it to the point I was asking myself why wasn't I getting it the first time around. I am loving the story, the characters the clearly and cleverly placed out fantasy realm. I love it  cannot wait for the rest od the books and hoping I like them just as much. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Slavery, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, and Kidnapping

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I am now a very firm and ardent lover of the Maasverse! I can’t believe I’ve had this book for 9 years and just now read it! I loved every bit of it and cannot wait to continue with these characters and fall even more in love with this world! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, War, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

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

kathrynreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

3.0

It’s okay but I don’t get the buzz. It was just so many awful things happening over and over. Didn’t really buy into the motivations of the FMC. Will keep going with the series but was very meh as a book to me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Murder, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Torture, War, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Confinement, and Abandonment

There’s a lot of abuse of the FMC and graphic descriptions of violence

pjbu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

3.5

Loved this book. Intro to fantasy. VERY violent. I’d prefer less violence and no more torture please. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Vomit

porcupine_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Blood, Death, Animal death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Classism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: War, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Minor: Cursing

azurelunatic's review against another edition

Finished chapter 39 and further via recap because I was not equal to enduring another one of those torture scenes via audio book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Drug use, Animal death, and Death

My hopes of a Tam Lin and Beauty and the Beast fusion were largely unrealized

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

phiagrace97's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I get the hype. Read this in about 3 days. While the writing wasn’t necessarily the strongest the plot and the characters were so compelling. 

This is an especially great book if you’re looking to get into fantasy . While the world is complex with lots of characters, you’re really eased into the Prythian with Sarah holding your hand a bit a long the way. As a big fantasy reader, I found this a tad patronizing at times, but overall it made this a much easier and fun read. 

I really connected with Freye and her mix of soft and hard, and I’m so glad the damsel in distress trope wasn’t leaned on in this first book.

Literally cannot wait to start the next. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Gore, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse

lizzye33's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Hate crime, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Gore, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, War, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Slavery, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexism, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Medical trauma