Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

414 reviews

ananya_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. However, there are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

melissalemos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Vomit, and Death of parent

tilde_c_s'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Slavery and War

tiredtori's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

r_zoner's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

mels_reading_log's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Okay, I have finally jumped onto the ACOTAR bandwagon. I am a big lover of fantasy and romantasy so of course I’m liking this storyline. I’m also really loving some of these characters, so I can’t wait to see what happens next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Grief

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dpmarvelous's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

Though slow at times, i found this book really enjoyable and i look forward to continuing the series. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War

alex2you's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Slavery

echolliot's review against another edition

Just too painful to keep going - cliche, trite, and honestly just really badly written. I couldn't plough through with this garbage Beauty and the Beast reimagining. And the horrible, abusive "romance" stuff made me want to throw my phone away. Don't bother.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War