Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

439 reviews

startjpw23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This story is told in the first person by Feyre who is human. There are humans and fae In the world of the book. Feyre lives a couple of days journey from the fae lands. There is a wall separating human lands from fae lands. Feyre's family (Feyre's father and two older sisters) was once well to do. But they fell on hard times a few years back. They only survive because of Feyre's hunting skills. She needs to kill prey to provide meat and to get pelts that she sells to get money for other necessities. The story starts with Feyre hunting in the woods during a winter day. A deer comes in range of her bow. Before she can shoot the deer, a huge wolf appears. Feyre kills the wolf and the deer. She skins the wolf and takes the pelt and the dear deer back to her family. Not long after, a very angry fae comes to Feyre's family's cottage. The wolf Feyre killed was actually a fae who had shifted to wolf form. Feyre admits to the angry fae that she killed the wolf. As punishment, she has to spend the rest of her life in fae lands. The angry fae is Tamlin who is one of the Fae High Lords. The story goes from there. This book is a romantasy. Only the second I have read after Fourth Wing. There were a series of chapters early in the book where I didn't feel any threat to Feyre. They almost felt cozy. Once the book ramped up, the stakes got really high. It got very tense. Feyre was a believable heroine (some suspension of disbelief is necessary, but that is to be expected in a fantasy novel). I liked how the romance developed. There was impressive world building. Mostly the fae world is gradually revealed. There is one chapter that was info dumpy. There were some brutally violent scenes in the latter part of the book. The sex was mild. Not graphic at all. I recommend this book for anyone who wants to read a romantasy and who doesn't have a problem with the brutally violent scenes. I'm glad I finally read a Sarah J. Maas book. I already bought the sequel A Court of Mist and Fury.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

tiredtori'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Okay, I have finally jumped onto the ACOTAR bandwagon. I am a big lover of fantasy and romantasy so of course I’m liking this storyline. I’m also really loving some of these characters, so I can’t wait to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

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

hardcover_hazel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

This series has been sitting on my shelf for a while and I’ve been too intimidated to start it (until a read along came by 😂). There are so many fans out there and I don’t always like the popular book but this was a pretty good start ✨

For:
-enemies to lovers
-beauty and the beast fantasy retelling
-magic and easy world building
-with a bunch of action (and some gore)
-has its main focus on the romance of the story
read it. ✨

It’s a great introduction into fantasy without having to focus on the world building or characters to understand it. You feel almost compelled to continue reading even though there isn’t much happening. The last few chapters were the best - with challenges and trials and hope.

I have to say Feyre irritated me a bit 😂 I felt exhausted at her trying to fight literally everything, even though I understood why. I do love that she becomes a bit more relaxed and human and we get to see how she views the world and lets out her emotion - through painting.

Though there’s some dubious actions from the males in this series 👀 so check any warnings before reading.

Overall, I loved it and I might just become an ACOTAR fan as I continue this journey 💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Alcohol

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

octopus18's review against another edition

DNF. Pushed through until halfway but then I gave up. I didn't get the plot, MC was boring, writing style was bad. Also not a fan of the power relationship/age gap. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Moderate: Confinement and Slavery

cometkitty's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Feyre is so unlikable that I could not bring myself to care when she was basically getting tortured....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

silfron's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Slavery, Death of parent, and Alcohol