hypocrisis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
well, the writing was worse than expected, the plot as predictable as i remembered the young adult fiction from my early teens. The worst part about this was that none of the characters seemed to have any personality or interests (besides an unspecific unbased interest in *art*), just hollow plot devices. The racy scenes were my only motivation to get through the endless inconsistencies and ramblings of a painfully one dimensional and frankly frustratingly stupid narrator but even those scenes proved to be unrewarding lol.
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
rubybastille's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Murder, Alcohol, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Physical abuse
skbat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Torture, War, Confinement, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexism, Misogyny, Grief, Slavery, and Body horror
sgrunwald96's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Spoiler
She’s drugged and then hyper sexualized and publicly debased. The perpetrator “owns her” and admits he only doesn’t rape her so he can keep that as a bargaining chip. Somehow this is painted as a redeeming quality in him? They give him a redemption arc that ruined the book for me. I don’t want to be on the side of abusers.Graphic: Gore, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Death
indyyxoxo's review against another edition
- 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? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Colonisation, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Sexual violence, War, Slavery, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Grief, Ableism, Sexual content, and Physical abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Child death, and Domestic abuse
bumblebree1903's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
Spoiler
A Court of Thorns and Roses it a story about a 19-year-old human, Feyre, that is lied to and intimidated into coming to the home of a hot fey man that is several hundred years old. Why is she coming to his home? So she can fall in love with him obviously, but she doesn’t know that bc she’s told she needs to come to the fey land as penance for killing a fey. After being told she doesn’t have to stay at Hot Fey Man #1’s house by Hot Fey Man #1, the book immediately forgets and makes a big deal about her trying to escape. Eventually, she falls in love with Hot Fey Man #1 only to be sent away because Dangerous Things Are Coming. She returns to rescue Hot Fey Man #1 and ends up stuck doing 3 trials or solving a very simple riddle that the answer is obviously love to save him and their buddies. To complete the three trials she teams up with Hot Fey Man #2, who spends their time as allies sexually assaulting and drugging her! But it’s okay because it’s for “her own good”. (Gross!!!) Eventually she solves the riddle after a lot of suffering and basically getting beat to death. Then she’s revived and Hot Fey Man #2 is teased as a future smooch interest.Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Alcohol, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Torture, Animal death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Sexual content
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Slavery
colin_s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence
lqne's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Torture, Sexual content, Classism, Slavery, Body shaming, Confinement, War, Vomit, Murder, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Excrement, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity
mrs_gale's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Torture, Grief, Vomit, Death of parent, and Cursing
natroze's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Body horror, Death, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Gore, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Animal death, and Blood
Minor: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, War, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death, and Torture