Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

16 reviews

msydd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Chronic illness and Slavery

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ekcd_'s review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This is a very mixed review - I started it as a hate read, so I could properly roast it. But I wound up devouring the book, really. It is essentially beauty and the beast meets twilight, with a double scoop of toxic relationships on top. 

The MC is incredibly bland and at first none of the plot or relationships made any sense. I had a LOT of eye rolling and it wasn't until the end that I realized that MC is bland for a REASON. Having  a blank canvas character allows the reader to project themselves into the story more easily...which is probably why people like it so much. Yearning, romance, sex - its all much more fun when you can imagine your self as the recipient. 

And for that the book did its job. Its a wonderful YA y/n self insert self indulgent book. The spice level is pretty low - the 1.5 scenes were short, laced with metaphors and not particularly racy. But I come from the land AO3. 

The plot was kind of weird, especially the last third with the trials. It seems the second and third books are better BUT i will not be reading them because there are more compelling love stories with muh better sex, slow burn and enemies to lovers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

thelittlebookishnerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book pulled me into its world and didn't release me until the very last page.  The world building is great without being overly descriptive.

I felt like the overall pacing was fast, but there is a chunk in the middle that was a bit slower.  I'm thankful for that chunk though because that's where I understood the characters as people more and I was drawn closer to them.  There were a lot of twists, some I saw coming, others I didn't.  I didn't find Feyre likeable throughout the whole book, but I could understand why she was the way she was and I eventually did like her.

I highly recommend ACOTAR especially to anyone that wants to venture into the fantasy genre.  I'm immediately starting the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Chronic illness and Death of parent

porcupine_girl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and War

Minor: Cursing

sadiaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

quietlex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed the story, despite being fairly predictable and on the nose. Things work out a bit too conveniently, in a way that you know all the main characters will be fine, and there’s rainbows and sunshine at the end. 

I mean come on, she leaves just DAYS before the curse runs out of time, if only she had said those three little words to him at ANY point since she already knew she loved him. She wouldn’t have made it past the second trial without Rhys secret help. She happens to figure out the riddle the second before being killed, then she’s magically brought back to life by a special never seen before golden goo that all the High Lords have! Where have you been loca style, she’s all pretty and shiny like a new vampire now.

Also, Feyre is an idiot. Makes it really hard to love her character when she continuously makes the worst decisions over and over.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rory18's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Religious bigotry

bri__'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy this book as much as I did. I found some of the writing to be a bit cringe/odd but I had alot of fun reading it. Maybe it's just because I haven't read a fantasy book in a while but this book was exactly what I needed and im anticipating the events of the second one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Cursing

paigeinabook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism