Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

A Court of Thorns and Roses (Parts 1 & 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Sarah J. Maas

412 reviews

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

5.0

A Court of Thorns and Roses 
By Sarah J Maas
5⭐️

This book was so much more than I could have ever imagined! It is definitely a 5 star read that every fantasy lover should read! I really think this would even be a great fantasy starter book for those that want to see if they might like fantasy. 

Feyre, a human, finds herself forced from the human lands to the lands of the Fae. She is stubborn, strong, and very capable for a human. However, as she enters the lands of the Fae she meets members of the fae that are unlike anything we could imagine. Their physical characteristics and personalities are so well crafted by the author that you almost forget that you are reading. The story holds you in its grip the entire way through the book! 

I am super excited to start the next book in the series. This is my first book by Sarah J Maas and I can already tell she’ll be one of my favorite authors! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and War

madi_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sophieteexo's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

SPOILERS!!!


*Read as an audiobook* total 16hrs 7min

Right from the start of the story I was captivated and could fully imagine the scenery, the characters, the world that was building. That’s one thing I will say about this story, it’s rather easily to follow and pulls you into a new world, making it almost cinematic. 

The thing I will say about this story is that for me it was a very slow burn and it didn’t start to get interesting until around 75% of the way and then it got rather boring again, I wasn’t interested in the ending of the story, it didn’t give a wow factor, in fact maybe even ended disappointing even… I think that was due to it feeling very rushed towards the last few chapters. It got so good when Fayre was participating in that first trial game and made me really imagine it all but then after that it just felt really rushed. Not sure I would have finished the story tbh if I had read the physical book just because it was such a long slow burn and I don’t want to read a book that doesn’t get good until it’s practically finished but I get it takes time to build up the characters and worlds etc but I think I would have DNF it if I had read physically read it but I’m glad I kept going with the audiobook. I thought Jennifer Ikeda done a brilliant job narrating it.

From the start I just really didn’t like Feyre. I found her rather annoying, immature and just didn’t LOVE her character even though she was the main character so for me I just couldn’t connect with her. I found the beginning repetitive too. The constant some vocabulary throughout, like seriously how many times can someone CLICK THEIR TONGUE 😭 

I didn’t even love Feyre and Tamlin together. It was forced and I can’t really remember when they fell in love and before I knew it she’s fighting for his and her life in that mountain like when, why, where and how?? I thought Feyre had more chemistry with Lucien and I actually was secretly rooting for them to get together 😅 and especially during the trials he was so sweet with her. Yes Rhysand is out of this world sexy but he’s a sociopath and even though I wasn’t very fond of Feyre the whole faerie wine and lap dancing scenes were random, disgusting and cruel. 

I will continue with the series as I did find it easy to follow and tbh I fell in love with Prythian, like forget the lame characters I just wanna live in that beautiful world. 

Also, as brutal as she was I actually found Amarantha an interesting character and I liked how a female was such a powerful character. I found her so easy to imagine from her description. In fact I found a lot of the characters just so easy to imagine tbh and that’s what I overall really did enjoy about this story. 

Favourite quote: “And your hair is…clean.” Perhaps it was my raging hunger making me hallucinate the piss-poor attempt at flattery.'

Favourite chapter: 36, 40, 44

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual harassment

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Child death

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

gluttonous_eugen's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rosebutton10240's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and War

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I loved this book. From the very beginning it was clear that nothing was quite what you expected it to be. It had endless twists and turns and the action was so full and rounded - as was the world it was placed in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Slavery

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