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

144 reviews

molly_love's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The way the book draws you in and after about 50 pages it starts to get really good and you can feel hundreds of different emotions at once. It has a good mix of romance, spice, betrayal, plot-twist and all round a mix of so many different genres. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Death, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery

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

ines_sofia's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? N/A

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Violence, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Medical content, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Grief, and War

Minor: War, Vomit, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

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

literallysam's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This was my first ever Fantasy romance book & now I'm obsessed with it. The plot is set in a world where humans & the faeries, who once enslaved them live separated by a wall built under a Treaty. One day when Feyre, a 19 y/o huntress, kills a faerie wolf, she is brought to the faerie lands and taken captor by a High Fae. Basically this book is a retelling of “Beauty and the beast”. Now, you might think that it would continue with a Disney tale, but no becomes so much more packed with adventure & life.

The first 4 chapters are slow paced just to set up the story but after that it gradually increases & after those first few chapters, I was fully enthralled. It piqued my curiosity & kept me wanting to know what happens next. The action- it's so stunning that I just couldn't get enough of the serotonin.🫠
Now the plot twists.. this book keeps you on your toes the entire time & then drops the bomb on you, in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE.

I'm in love with SJM's writing cuz the execution and imagery is just outstanding. She's truly an expert at creating such exceptional & contrasting characters & I love 'em. Speaking of love, I'd like to tell all my romance readers out there that: despite being a major fantasy series, it has the most beautiful romance, you'll ever read. MARK MY WORDS

<Spoilers>
<<<<<🔸I love Feyre. She's strong, loyal and also has her own personal issues mainly cuz of her typical fairytale family which is horrible. Her character development was really good.
🔸Tamlin's character is shy, sweet & strong. But compared to all the other characters in the book his felt a bit stiff.
🔸Rhysand- our anti-hero has played the bad-boy role so nicely. By the end of the book I knew that there's going to be a  love triangle in the upcoming books.👀 >>>>>

I'm writing this review after reading half of the entire series & that's cuz the ending of this book left me so excited & adrenalized that I just couldn't wait to read other books in the series.
Definitely going to read other books by SJM.🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Torture, War, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Slavery

cymurray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual content, and Slavery

tardigradest's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

this book is deeply problematic in almost every story aspect. irl the romances would be regarded as having massive, terrible power asymmetries and being pretty unhealthy.  but,,, I still devoured the book, so *shrug*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

looooorush's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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: Animal death, Sexual content, Vomit, War, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Classism, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Alcohol, Confinement, Gore, Death, Sexism, Torture, and Death of parent

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

thebookwormandbinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Slavery