Reviews tagging 'Blood'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

943 reviews

kthrasher's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

uphorikbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Slavery, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcohol

crownoftamriel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful slow-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

3.0

I'm recently back to the reading game (thanks booktok/bookstagram!), and of course heard the hype. Got a great deal on the whole ACOTAR series and was super excited to read them.... from dates read, I started in Jan 2024 and finished in OCTOBER. I could not get into this book, it felt off. I didn't care about most of the characters, I wasn't enthralled by the "mystery" that was being proposed. I can't describe it but I was not sucked in immediately like others have. The first 100-200 pages were difficult to keep pushing on, then I got put into a reading slump and I was just not having it. However, my annual Skyrim playthrough and completion-ist at heart needed to read this damn book series. Once I hit halfway+ I read it super quickly, but not in a voracious, I NEED to know what happens way, in a "I really just wanna see what all the hype is about" way. I'm going to guess that book 1 is not the selling point and it's either the whole universe or probably the last one? I've been pretty good at avoiding most spoilers.  I am interested to see how the story progresses and hopefully fall in love with this universe like everyone else! 

I do agree that this could've absolutely been a standalone book and we didn't need anything else after. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

stephdoesreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Amazing book! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Blood

tishtashohmygosh's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

I had to know: Will this book change my life? Will I become a SJM rabid fan girl? Will I rides to the ends of the Earth for these books?
It did not, I am not, and I most certainly will not. I can now proceed with my existence in peace 😂 Well, that and the appearance of two of my least favorite plot points/tropes of ALL TIME appearing in the next few books. And that I hate all of the characters.

I am going to be honest, though, I did not have a Shai-Hulud guest appearance on my bingo board.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Death of parent

ineedrhythm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

fridalejon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

sioffra's review against another edition

tense slow-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

It was hard to get through. The plot is extremely predictable, the characters were plain apart from one or two exceptions. There is no plot driving the story, nothing to look forward to until the last third/quarter of the book. Some stuff that a supposed love interest does made me extremely uncomfortable, even though it was portrayed as hot. The world building is simple but interesting, and there is a lot of potential, I just don't think it was well executed. I also felt like the writing got sloppier by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Grief, and Murder

ms3630's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing and Alcohol