Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

38 reviews

kittkat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

also die ersten 250 seiten dachte ich mir go girl, give us nothing…  das ist schon sehr weit im buch, dafür dass es sich angefühlt hat, als ob Maas den ganzen anfang einfach random ohne plan drauflos geschrieben hätte. ich sah da einfach keinen roten faden oder sinn hinter einigen szenen. es schien mir eher, als wäre der letzte drittel ihre main idea für die geschichte gewesen (vielleicht sogar erst das nächste buch) und den rest hat sie etwas willkürlich drumrum gebaut. 
ohne tiktok hype und süpps approval bin ich mir nicht sicher, ob ich nach 150 seiten weitergelesen hätte…

ABER ja das ende war schon viiiel lebhafter und spannender. ich hatte meinen spaß und es war duechweg easy zu lesen. gute unterhaltung auch für zwischendurch, wenn man noch eine hausarbeit schreiben muss und eigentlich keine zeit hat 🌝.

ich muss aber auch sagen… es war INSANE!! wie oft verschiedene charaktere erbrochen haben. definitiv trigger warnung, mir wurde schon öfter selbst schlecht 🤧.

UND die trials sind auch etwas zu kurz gekommen v.a. im vergleich zum langsamen start, das war echt schade.

ich freu mich auf jeden fall auf das nächste buch und glaube schon fest daran, dass es sich allein dafür gelohnt haben wird, dieses erste buch zu lesen :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Slavery

Minor: Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Colonisation, and War

sxfya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

This book got me on a chokehold plot twist after plot twist. It was a bit slow for me at first but the second half??? Gut wrenching. Absolutely cannot wait to read the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Colonisation

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, Classism, and Deportation

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, and Alcohol

hayhaywils's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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

3.75

Bare with it because it is a slow burn but the pay off is really good. A really strong mix of characters but found the pace a little inconsistent. Felt the last part (most interesting was compressed into the last third of the book)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Body horror and Body shaming

gluttonous_eugen's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, 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

radtj's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

Bad summaries: 

500+ y/o guy falls for a 19 year old with an educational disability who doesnt know what to do with her life and then introduces her to royalty hell and forces her to save him from his eternal doom at the hands of a sadistic evil woman who kills for fun 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

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

suchallie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-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? No

4.0

Mostly no complaints except that the reveal of the

curse on Tamlin

was way too easy, it felt like a tying up of loose ends and wasn’t cleverly intertwined into the story, much too convenient. I also solved the riddle immediately?? 

I’m also not sure I love the way information is introduced in the writing style, sometimes I was like did I miss something? but it’s forgivable. 

The story feels innovative and fresh though which is exciting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

veronyqueso's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book! It unlocked a whole new world for my imagination to go to. I've never read about faeries, but I remember trying to find faeries as a child, and this appealed to that nostalgia. I loved the intriguing characters and their actions/conversations were entertaining. I heard the series gets better, so I'm excited to read the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War