Reviews tagging 'Blood'

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

844 reviews

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 

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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. 

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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

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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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Blood, Animal death, and Gore

laruru's review

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)

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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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

ananya_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. There are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Vomit, War, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, and Suicidal thoughts

k_rose95's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, War, and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Torture

juliiitschka's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Excrement

Minor: Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Child death

pam_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Well-written & engrossing. I haven’t gotten through a book this big this fast in quite awhile. The Graphic Audio audiobooks were also an enjoyable way to get into this story, worth checking out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, and Grief