Reviews tagging 'Classism'

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

47 reviews

amylynnknitsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I really did not like the main character of this book. I got all the way to the end of it and I still think she's absolutely awful. I get that she was supposed to be redeemed but I don't feel like the author made that case.
I don't think the romance was very believable or supported by the story. All in all this is a big fail for me. I did appreciate the descriptions that the author included and even the world that she built I just don't think she can write characters very well because I could not understand their motivations even after the mystery of the book was solved It still didn't really make any sense that her main character would make the decisions she did.

I realize that this series is incredibly popular and that people really enjoy it I am just not one of those people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Alcohol, and Injury/injury detail

briears's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Injury/injury detail, Confinement, Classism, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, and Torture

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Excrement, Vomit, War, Slavery, Sexism, Misogyny, Cursing, Animal death, and Death of parent

paigeinabook's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Excrement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Blood, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Sexism, Body shaming, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Slavery, Ableism, Body horror, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Chronic illness, and Infidelity

billypeanuts's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

This first book in the series. The rest of them are Not worth the price of admission imo, but this one is a dark and sexy romance story that I think stands on its own legs. The back half of the book is loaded with triggering content though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Confinement, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing

Spoiler

the book itself is good. The series takes a serious nosedive with the introduction of Rhysand.

orchidlilly's review

dark mysterious medium-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

 Oh boy, so many things to say here. First of all, this was the first series in over 10 years that I DNF'd (never got past the first book). The writing is mediocre at best, the descriptions are trite and cliche, and it reads like fanfiction written by a middle-schooler. The main character, Feyre, is whiny, unlikable, and overall bland and annoying, she reads like a textbook self-insert mary sue who is the best at everything, except being girly because she's "not like other girls". The plot makes no real sense, and the story takes forever to move forward, usually with more focus on the smutty romance bits than the actual storyline. This story has just taken Katniss from the Hunger Games, poorly reskinned her, and dumped her in a wannabe dark and raunchy beauty and the beast ripoff. I could maybe see how it could be enjoyable for a horned up middle schooler/ early high schooler, but this book is not for anyone who wants actual substance to their stories. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Death, Body shaming, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Stalking, Alcohol, Abandonment, Ableism, Misogyny, Cursing, Blood, and Classism

lizzydreadful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, Physical abuse, Torture, Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Slavery, Body horror, and Classism

fireside_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Classism

kimberg's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Classism, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse

alices13thdiary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Sexual assault, Blood, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and War

Minor: Death of parent

csmall73's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Initially the story kind of meandered through events that don’t seem to have much value to a storyline. Everything does tie in an intricate plot that even extends past its own series. As things develop it becomes quite chaotic and confusing but it is good. You get sucked into the story and into feyre. You must know what happens next even though it breaks her and it breaks you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders