Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - A Court of Thorns and Roses

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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1723 reviews

candacehankins's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 77%

I wanted to believe the hype. I wanted to love this book. I kept making myself listen to it just waiting to be excited to keep listening or to start caring about the characters. But it never happened. I was so incredibly bored for the first half. And when the action was finally happened it was just mehh. So I'm not going to make myself listen to 4 more hours. At least now I don't have another long series to try to get through.

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hannahboxsaayman's review against another edition

2.0

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: No

This book is quite badly written. I had to drag my feet to get through it and I didn’t enjoy it. Towards the end it got a bit more interesting. Character development was shocking and they were unlovable. Main character kept doing stupid things that irked me. Probably won’t read the second book of the series.

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easyrevenge's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

i don't read much fantasy at all, so i would say i have nothing to compare this novel to, but i honestly had a blast reading this. will keep reading this series just for fun

(tw: mentions of sexual assault) i'm glad i first read it as an adult, because i feel like a lot of its themes wouldn't mean as much to me if i had been younger. while i can acknowledge that fiction is separate from reality, i find the author's depictions of sexual assault to be less than ideal.

how she depicts feyre's experiences with tamlin and rhysand excuse their behaviors if not outright say that feyre wanted and/or deserved the sa.

for this reason, i would strongly advise younger readers to steer clear, or at least go in knowing that maas' depictions are severely detached from actual real lived experiences. none of the romantic/sexual relationships depicted in this book are healthy and/or normal.

yes i read mid in between peak lit it's called a guilty pleasure

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tobydamiller's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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deathbyathousandpapercuts's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

feyre was truly just so annoying to me. the writing style and the world building overshadow that so i do think it was a good book but god i hope she gets better throughout the series

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