Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

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

207 reviews

alliejm00'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Kidnapping, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Alcohol, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent

salinafloye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Slavery and Sexual harassment

readwith_le's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Vomit, Child death, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

0.25

The main character is impossibly bland and frustrating. She is put through countless toxic or downright abusive situations. Both potential love interests are toxic and abusive. Her family is neglectful and abusive. This classifies, at best, as a dark romance. If you are already unimpressed by the offerings of that genre you will not have a good time reading this. The first sixty percent of the book is boring and toxic. After that it is no longer as boring but triple toxic.  
The audiobook narrator does good with the material she is given but this is definitely not a tale for me. People say the next book is better and this is the worst book in the series but I am not giving this author a second chance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Death, Sexual content, Confinement, Vomit, Gaslighting, Rape, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Body shaming, Body horror, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Classism

shay21xo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book was…wow. I’m not into fantasy based storylines that much but this book might’ve started a new love for it all cause it was so good. In the beginning i felt like it was taking a while to really get into it but once it got a 1/4 of the way through, it started picking up the pace. I liked the whole world building and the characters, really liked the humour that was sprinkled in it too. there is certain themes in the book that may be triggering but overall it’s very good and i can’t wait to read the rest of the series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault

marisabenn's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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? Yes

4.0

I'm not gonna lie, this was almost a DNF for me. There was sooo much world building that the plot started to fall away. Was I thankful for it in the end? Slightly. Could this be about 100 pages shorter? Yes.

However, I am very interested to see where the story is going. Once the action began and the world building ended, I was hooked. 

I need a cleanser between books, though. There's no way my brain can handle that much world building and jump right into another.

Did I mention I hated the excessive world building? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Animal death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Murder, and Sexual content

midnightgremlin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Bullying

vainnerj's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Honestly I don't want to be too harsh because I think the writer has some real world building talents. However there were some parts that were harder for me to get through and some of the dialogue felt off. Personally I was not a fan of the main character, but that's not a critique of the writer's skill, just made some of the scenes difficult to push through. I will say that I'm hooked though and will continue onto the next book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Animal death, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexism

makenna_reads's review against another edition

fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Kidnapping, War, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent and Slavery

morganwiard's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I totally get the hype. I also get why people say this is loosely based on beauty and the beast, but I kinda loved that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Slavery, Death, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Vomit, War, Genocide, Excrement, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape and Sexism