Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

512 reviews

babyfacedoldsoul's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I decided to finally read this book and it makes for a fun summer read, particularly the graphic audio. I had not realized how deeply it is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I enjoyed that the story did become its own work especially towards the end. I enjoyed the characters and felt that SJM wrote a convincing representation of a 19 year old who had a lot on her shoulders. This was a fun read and I do have some criticisms. 
The author jumps around with the timeline a lot. Often it felt like some descriptions were given once and then never mentioned again which made it especially hard to go back and revisit details on audio. I was able to figure out the riddle immediately but I still felt satisfaction when my guess was correct. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

lalesbianlune's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I went into this knowing that

Tamlin was not the hero

which probably changed my experience. I really enjoyed the worldbuilding and Feyre as a character. I was also instantly excited for Nesta having a storyline of her own since she was so dynamic just in her few scenes. 

The Under the Mountain portions were definitely the best but I spent so much of that part thinking “I bet Rhysand is going to end up as some redeemed bad guy, but getting her drunk and touching her is just wrong.”

Sped through this, after so long not reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment

musicdaph's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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One of the best books I’ve ever read. Laughed and cried a lot. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Vomit

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism

mbutler's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: War

stottlemorgan's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent

saffyofthecakes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After many months of thinking this isn’t for me, I’m happy to have been proven wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping

brenna_reads's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

snitcheye177's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma

helfire124's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

hmatt's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First of all, I'm stunned that this isn't considered YA. To market it as anything else is false advertising, in my opinion. Reader beware.

Second of all, the MC is really freaking dumb.

This isn't a genre I read a lot in, but this year I also read Serpent & Dove... which is marketed as YA and has waaaaay better worldbuilding and character-building. I would definitively say that this isn't worth the hype, but I'm glad if it's getting people reading I suppose?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Slavery, Classism