Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

68 reviews

thecarolinaash's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A lot of the complicated answers are due to the fact this book was a lot of world building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Genocide, Infidelity, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Death of parent

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

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

nixicat1's review against another edition

adventurous medium-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

2.0

A beauty and the beast retelling, with problematic romantic relationships and clunky writing and pacing. Consits of domineering men constantly taking away the female protagonist's agency, overly simplistic villans, overbearing "chosen one" narrative, and an inconsistent main character. Only positive is unique and creative world building. Mild spicy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Genocide, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Protagonist is regularly drugged by "romanitic" interest

nlosievski's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Racism, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, and Classism

thejadylady's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Gore and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

courtsport3000's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

I spent the first half of this book wondering why it's as popular as it is. I thought I'd missed out by starting the series so late or something. Then the third quarter started to pick up... then by the final quarter I was completely hooked. COMPLETELY. 

I get it now. Sorry I ever doubted. Can't wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

rosa_reads_2024's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

itsmelaurenc's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

There’s some corny bits sprinkled in but they pale in comparison to the story surrounding them. Such a wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and War

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

A Court of Thorn and Roses is one of those books on the "how have you not read this yet" list that everyone seems to judge readers by. It was far better than I was expecting, based on my last few experiences reading total duds, recommended by BookTok. It's not a romance novel by any means, and it's not a Beauty and the Beast adaptation, not really. The elements are there, but there is way more than the Belle et Bete story. I enjoyed it, and I like that it didn't end on a cliffhanger. I'll probably read the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism