Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

761 reviews

moppyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual harassment

erindarlyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, and Gore

pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Blood

kelseyr713's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

This was so fun! Uses tropes and elements from many different stories, but sometimes you just need an escape / brain candy book and I immediately wanted to read the rest of the series after finishing this one. I can’t wait to see what happens next!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, Sexual content, Confinement, Death of parent, War, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Xenophobia, and Torture

Minor: Slavery

stailysh1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I did not love these characters and couldn't get into the main character.  She spends most of the book cowering or going along with everything.  The end of the book is when things turn around.  I kept reading to see what would happen, and I got invested enough that I'll read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

izzymow's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Good for some. Not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Torture

brooklynelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A little cheesy and predictable. Slow first half, great final third. Really well done on the world building but dragged a bit to get there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Death and Animal death

haileyspencer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder and Physical abuse

m_parker9612's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, and Slavery

kproc381's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This book is definitely interesting. The author paints an interesting visual of the worlds and characters. The plot twist was cool in a way even though it is hinted at. I did become more hooked into the story line in the climax which is around 300 pages. 

The writing is just what really kills this book for me. Take a shot every time the author writes “I could paint that” , “his green eyes”, or “wine”. The overuses of the em dash and ellipsis were killing me after a while. 

More on to the story, Feyre was making me so so angry. She was continuously told an action would harm her family but kept trying to do it anyways to save her family? For a hunter she seemed like she had no common sense or survival skills. She put herself in harms way numerous times. I also hated the fact that we are supposed to love Tamlin and Rhysland eventually meanwhile they both borderline SA/harass her…. It just seems dangerous to add into romance type books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Murder