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A review by caitlin_89
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
1.0
Wow.
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Feyre is stupid, and why is her name essentially "fae." Tamlin the golden-godlike-faerie-beast has zero personality. Also how did he and Feyre fall into all-consuming love? They have like nothing to say to each other for the whole book. Rhysand the sex-god-batwing-faerie-of-night is repulsive (and yet apparently swaps places with Tamlin as the good-guy-love-interest in the next book?! Reading reviews for this book somehow gave me spoilers for the next one?). The only likeable character is Lucien of steampunk-eye fame, and he's literally not even important.
The sex scenes (and even just the ... spicy internal monologues, I guess you could say) make my whole body cringe. The fact that Feyre is presumably going to be shared by two lovers in the next book already makes me not want to read it except I have promised the dear friend who convinced me that I would.
The writing is surprisingly inconsistent (think turns of phrase like "we'd spent a massive chunk of money" versus "my heart became a leaden weight). Are we dealing with a modern tomboy or a young lady born into a noble family? I thought Feyre was a boy in the first chapter, until she mentioned Isaac Hale, which also caught me off guard because so far we have totally made up names and then... Isaac?! Ok.
Speaking of made up names: Nesta is a bitch and her suddenly becoming a "good" character in the middle of the book makes no sense.
Speaking of makes no sense, the whole end of the book after all the twisty turny spoilery things happen is so unnecessarily vague. Feyre is like "I couldn't ask him but I had to know why he had done ... That thing he did" "And then it became so clear ... That was his reason all along." OMG EVERYTHING ALREADY HAPPENED JUST SAY IT BECAUSE NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
Ok, I get why people like it. We like dramatic trials and fated love (or lust I guess) and rags to riches and plot twists. But the plot is about as watery as Feyre's bowels and as slow as Feyre trying to figure out a riddle. And though it does gain waterfall speed in the end, I don't think I'm gonna like where it's heading.
...
Feyre is stupid, and why is her name essentially "fae." Tamlin the golden-godlike-faerie-beast has zero personality. Also how did he and Feyre fall into all-consuming love? They have like nothing to say to each other for the whole book. Rhysand the sex-god-batwing-faerie-of-night is repulsive (and yet apparently swaps places with Tamlin as the good-guy-love-interest in the next book?! Reading reviews for this book somehow gave me spoilers for the next one?). The only likeable character is Lucien of steampunk-eye fame, and he's literally not even important.
The sex scenes (and even just the ... spicy internal monologues, I guess you could say) make my whole body cringe. The fact that Feyre is presumably going to be shared by two lovers in the next book already makes me not want to read it except I have promised the dear friend who convinced me that I would.
The writing is surprisingly inconsistent (think turns of phrase like "we'd spent a massive chunk of money" versus "my heart became a leaden weight). Are we dealing with a modern tomboy or a young lady born into a noble family? I thought Feyre was a boy in the first chapter, until she mentioned Isaac Hale, which also caught me off guard because so far we have totally made up names and then... Isaac?! Ok.
Speaking of made up names: Nesta is a bitch and her suddenly becoming a "good" character in the middle of the book makes no sense.
Speaking of makes no sense, the whole end of the book after all the twisty turny spoilery things happen is so unnecessarily vague. Feyre is like "I couldn't ask him but I had to know why he had done ... That thing he did" "And then it became so clear ... That was his reason all along." OMG EVERYTHING ALREADY HAPPENED JUST SAY IT BECAUSE NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. A LOT OF PEOPLE DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
Ok, I get why people like it. We like dramatic trials and fated love (or lust I guess) and rags to riches and plot twists. But the plot is about as watery as Feyre's bowels and as slow as Feyre trying to figure out a riddle. And though it does gain waterfall speed in the end, I don't think I'm gonna like where it's heading.