Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Parts 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

26 reviews

jmeier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense

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

1.5

the protagonist is incredibly unlikeable. the other characters are poorly fleshed out, and the plot is absurd.

3/4 of the way through this incredibly slow beauty and the beast adaptation, there's suddenly a hunger games plot? completely bizarre shift. We are also supposed to empathize with a character who threatens sexual assault, and to forgive the torture and murder of a bunch of innocents for the "greater good" . the greater good being the protagonist getting to have sex. 

sex scenes were a bit silly, but still somewhat stirring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Blood, Kidnapping, War, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Animal death, Colonisation, Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

pageafter_paige's review against another edition

adventurous 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

This was a reread :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, Excrement, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, War, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

ktmcd26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Took me a while to actually pick up this book after hearing about it for so long on Booktok, and I am happy to report that I was not disappointed.

This beauty and the beast re-telling adds a few extra layers, so as not to be the same exact story in a different setting. I was excited every night to pick up the book and see where the pieces all fit together.

The world was interesting and while I do still have questions that I hope will be answered in the next books, I still thought it was well fleshed out. While definitely setting up the next set of books in the series, I feel as though you could just read this one and have a satisfied ending to the story. 

The main character Feyre was compelling. She was strong willed and opinionated, but not in an unrealistic way. Embarrassment, fear, and shame also played a part in her story. However, I really hate the fact that she is nineteen. She feels like a pawn so frequently throughout the book, and I feel if she had another 10 - 15 years on her she wouldn’t have been at such a disadvantage when interacting with the fae. Yes I understand math wise the age difference to the faerie men is insignificant. But no human has ever lived multiple centuries, so they so they read as 30-40 year olds anyway and that math makes a huge difference. 

My main complaint of the book is how her and Tamlin fall in love. The power em balance is just too great and her age only highlights the differences. She falls in love with him based on lies, his ability to provide, and his looks. He reveals nothing of his inner thoughts or belief, so there is no demonstration of a deep intellectual and emotional connection. It is all based on what they can get from each other that they can’t get from others. To me this suggests it was not meant to last.

The other element that I don’t enjoy about this book is everything related to the real villain of the book feels very contrived and rushed. She was supposed to be exceedingly clever, but that is never demonstrated. Her big riddle at the end was painfully obvious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, Blood, War, Body horror, Classism, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

zc2's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

Ok listen… I didn’t think I would like it imma be honest. Howeva once I got to the plot 👀. I finished the book in 2 days however I’m curious as to why Tamlin is referred to as “tampon” on booktok. I’m scared to read the next one. Although intrigued. Smut not good don’t recommend😐.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic friendship, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Vomit, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Abandonment, Deportation, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

saskiajva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Excrement, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

nemyp's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Racism

smoothwoven's review against another edition

This is a romance-fantasy novel, as supposed to a fantasy novel with romance. If you subscribe to the "Beauty & the Beast is hella problematic" ethos, this story is not for you....or for me as it turns out. Barf.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Medical trauma

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Gaslighting

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

kingkiara's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

I picked up this read because of the hype on booktok but honestly I hated it which isn't typical of me with books. However I couldn't find one thing that i even slightly liked and had to truely force myself to finish it just to see if there was anything worth redeeming it at the end. Unfortunately there wasn't and this was my first ever audible return. In short, the characters were severely under developed and unlikeable. The plot was barely there & honestly that part i could have maybe forgiven if the spice had been worth it but no. I think this may be my first and last taste of this author's work.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child abuse, and Death of parent

aziz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Manipulation, grooming.