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jameszd 's review for:
A Court of Thorns and Roses
by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book feels like the author tried to create a strong female lead, but instead made a competent woman whose competence is used by a man to further his own plans to her detriment. Which she's totally cool with because of her crippling self loathing. No level of harm done to the main character was treated as consequential, except as a way to motivate her kidnapper/lover to do something. All with random fits of sexy time thrown in to distract. This book was a marvelous depiction of abuse but for some reason it seems both the author and many of the readers have confused that with romance. Which is... Concerning...
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship