Reviews tagging Mental illness

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

12 reviews

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

orchidlilly's review against another edition

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: Death, Sexual harassment, Gore, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Vomit, Bullying, Excrement, Animal death, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Sexual content, Sexism, Injury/injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Slavery, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Xenophobia, Cursing, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Racism, Medical content, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Classism, Child death, Terminal illness, and Colonisation

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

bookishwitchreads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-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

Of the series, this book is the slowest read. It's a lot of exposition, but I find it worth it to get to the second and third books. A Court of Thorns and Roses has some sexual content but should be appropriate for 16+; that's about when I read it. (The second and third books in the series are more explicit and mature.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

A good introductory book to reading romance or erotica with enough of a fantasy element to keep non-romance readers interested.

isajr26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

wonderful book by a wonderful author, I love SJM and this series. only reason it isn't 5 stars is the issue of it is not for every audience- it is for a set group of people and doesn't have a large reach. that being said, the characters are realistic and well-written and plot details are superb.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Classism, Gore, and Mental illness

bisquii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

3 for quality but 5 for a solid escapism fantasy! No think, just fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.

arthisthoe's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

well damn … okay… that’s a lot to process

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual content, Injury/injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Sexual harassment

madi_v's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

This book felt like an extremely long prologue to the rest of the series. The plot was lacking until the last hundred and fifty or two hundred pages when

Spoiler

Feyre was trapped under the mountain and put through the 3 grueling tasks to ultimately die and become resurrected as high fae. Until that point, it was pretty much about how Feyre was trapped in the Spring Court by Tamlin as they fell in love, despite his extreme toxicity.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, and Sexual content

dadimabookernow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Wow. Okay so I almost put this book down on a multitude of occasions but I'm really glad I didn't.

A big chunk of the book is very slow paced but damn that ending those last few chapters were just so good. I was unable to put the book down! 

I also like the way that it didn't really end on a cliff hanger like most series do. So if you aren't a person that enjoys reading series you can still read this book and be content with that as an ending for the story as a whole. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

littledosesofrandomness's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit