Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

75 reviews

rosiem1998's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Blood, Cursing, Body horror, Classism, Death, and Gaslighting

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

cassiebee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

The use of mythology and faerie stuff could be so much more in these books, but nonetheless, SJM knows how to write compelling characters. Started feeling a bit bored around halfway through, but everything Under The Mountain™️ pulled me right back in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Confinement, and Death

madisonstarkov's review

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Confinement, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Kidnapping, Outing, and Cursing

Minor: Death of parent, Hate crime, and Vomit

janamichelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Animal cruelty

nix_87's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Animal death, Death, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Bullying, and War

Minor: Torture, Death, and Blood

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

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

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

nixicat1's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

A beauty and the beast retelling, with problematic romantic relationships and clunky writing and pacing. Consits of domineering men constantly taking away the female protagonist's agency, overly simplistic villans, overbearing "chosen one" narrative, and an inconsistent main character. Only positive is unique and creative world building. Mild spicy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Murder, Genocide, Death of parent, and Blood

Protagonist is regularly drugged by "romanitic" interest