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A review by planetshelf
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book was meh. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t like it very much.
- Maas’ writing contained repetitive speech patterns that were said too many times and there was no reason I could find to play up the Beauty and the Beast retelling aspect because the ‘curse’ on its own could have been interesting enough.
- Feyre couldn’t figure out the answer to the riddle, which was odd considering I knew it right away, and its reveal was incredibly anticlimactic.
- (Answered) High fae were shamed if they loved someone of a lower status but they didn’t think to use the single spell it takes to turn someone, even a starved human peasant that is respected less, into high fae?
- Maas’ writing contained repetitive speech patterns that were said too many times and there was no reason I could find to play up the Beauty and the Beast retelling aspect because the ‘curse’ on its own could have been interesting enough.
- Feyre couldn’t figure out the answer to the riddle, which was odd considering I knew it right away, and its reveal was incredibly anticlimactic.
- (Answered) High fae were shamed if they loved someone of a lower status but they didn’t think to use the single spell it takes to turn someone, even a starved human peasant that is respected less, into high fae?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gaslighting, and Death