Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

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

149 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

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Confinement

Minor: Genocide, War, and Death of parent

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

chrstnlvly's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all.

I should get this out of the way: this is not young adult. I think it's more fitting to be new adult.

At first, I was bored to death. I know this is the first book in the series, so world-building was needed. The world-building didn't bother me - the pacing of the story did. It was too slow for my liking, that it put me in a reading slump. However, about 60% in, the story picked up, and it kept me interested.

The writing was good and easy to understand (this is my first SJM book). The fantasy elements were great. The fight/action scenes, especially the 3 trials, kept me on my toes. During the first half of the book, I was questioning the hype. Now, I understand it.

It was my first time reading this series and I'm glad I finally gave in. I'm glad I have the complete set, so I'll get to read the next books anytime I want.

I read some people were irritated with Feyre because she didn't solve the riddle immediately. I think they forgot she was basically illiterate. She didn't know how to read so figuring out the riddle was hard for her. Still, I do agree that she was sometimes an idiot, not because she was uneducated, but because she was too focused on her emotions (I guess that's her I'm-not-like-other-girls story).

As for Rhysand, I was indifferent at first. But by page 382, he won me over.

I was expecting to hate Nesta because many people said they hated her even in ACOTAR. Unsuprisingly, I didn't hate her because I related to her.

I could have rated this 5 stars, but the pacing at the first half really bothered me.

Now I can finally watch Cari Can Read's "here's the entire plot of ACOTAR so you don't have to read 500 pages (a court of thorns and roses)" video.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/injury detail, Sexual content, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Murder, Torture, and Death

Moderate: War

bea_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Okay I really really wanted to love this book, but I just… didn’t. 

1. I didn’t like that Feyre is such a “not like other girls” girl (god I wish fantasy as a whole would retire this tired trope). 

2. The romance made absolutely no sense to me, and I’ve been told that it is explained in the next books and begins to make more sense, but considering that it’s marketed as a fantasy romance and that’s what I was expecting to get, it was just a let down. I genuinely could not tell who Feyre’s love interest was supposed to be until

Spoiler

she slept with Tamlin

. I felt like she had much better chemistry with

Spoiler

Lucien

anyway.

3. The writing style was so… disjointed. I think because it’s written as YA but with random sex and violence and gore thrown in to make it more “adult”. 

Spoiler

After Feyre goes Under the Mountain, things get so dark out of absolutely nowhere. As someone who finds gore very triggering I would have REALLY appreciated a warning of some kind. The violence from Amarantha just seems so senseless, and I can’t understand why all the graphic depictions of mutilated bodies was necessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death, Murder, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Confinement

brittanybeereads's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Confinement, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

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

lindavs22's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Animal death, Slavery, and War

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