Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

67 reviews

petra333's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Death of parent

kiwichill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down.  Not normally a fantasy reader but this kept me engrossed just to see what happens to Fayre and Tamblin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

s_bee's review against another edition

2.5

Listened to this while ill. Entertaining enough while my head's full of cotton wool, but nothing special. Some really weird world building, mostly there as an after-thought to facilitate the romance. They have "imported coffee" and fully modern toilets in fairy land?? The "north" of the human realm is apparently at the equator of the planet, but they have non-magical snowy winters there?? Settings are barely described for the most part - author asks you to pitch in your assumptions for what a "dining room" or a "cell" might look like, rather than actually writing a description. The romance is... okay. Nothing compelling. We're told these men are handsome, and that seems to be what should carry the reader's belief in them as romantic leads. The tone of the whole book is strange - it's a romance, it's a fantasy, it's a horror? Lots of barely-described gore, way too much sick and pee. For how people talk about the sex scenes I thought they'd be more graphic, but I don't think genitals are even referred to once - as far as I remember, there's one or two sex scenes, and they didn't exactly leave me blushing. Very chaste. Doesn't really tick any of my boxes for "good books", but weirdly readable despite its many many flaws. The writing style pulls you along at such a pace it's hard to put down, even when not actually enjoying it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Excrement, and Vomit

lavendar's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kailiyahknight's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Excrement, Grief, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

mfmccoy0216's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

My friends kept recommending this to me it was okayish, just not my cup of tea, might wait awhile before I read the others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Murder, and Classism

dpmarvelous's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Though slow at times, i found this book really enjoyable and i look forward to continuing the series. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

disasterdump's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

0.5

i enjoyed the last 10% of the book, the rest of it made me want to bang my head continuously into a cinderblock wall. 
i get that she had to set up the world and make the ~love story~ make sense but jesus it was slow.

and the set up with rhysand just feels so out of place in the situations.

this put me in the worst reading slump… i wasnt able to finish anything since i picked this book up in MAY and i had to basically hold myself at gunpoint to finish it. it’s AUGUST.
feyre is illiterate as a plot point but she’s also an idiot. being uneducated and being an imbecile are different things, and she is both.
tamlin is boringgg, and worse, he’s blonde. i cannot bring myself to gaf abt him. blond men are a plague.
amarantha is a drag, she could’ve been a really interesting villain but instead we get these weak little challenges. like…

that riddle was the easiest thing i’ve ever read (and CORNY, especially with it coming from someone who is supposed to be so heartless and wretched…)

☹️
other “villain” is interesting but i have to say…

i know that rhysand is the endgame but jfc chill w the descriptions of his beauty while you’re ~enduring deathly trials bc you are so unbelievably in love~ lmao

🤨🤨🤨
also, the phrase “my bowels turned watery” needs to die a fiery death... why did she say it three times😭😭😭 GIRL now i’m sick to my stomach😭 
whatever, i’ve now read it and i never have to endure it again and i’ll know wtf my friend is talking about when she references it. that’s enough for me  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Classism

2blueshoes's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.5

I struggled with this one. Interesting world building, and quite a few surprise plot twists that kept me guessing. However the heroine was frustratingly lacking in self reflection and reads very, very young. The “love” story feels more like Stockholm syndrome. There are also quite a few problematic consent moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Excrement, and Grief

Minor: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting