Reviews tagging 'Murder'

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

908 reviews

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

rsvnxorion's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Confinement, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

drjoannehill's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Sorry to say, this was a tiny bit disappointing after all the hype. Very short review: It's enjoyable enough if you can ignore some very rushed parts and a rubbish villain. I will give the second book in the series a chance (because I already bought it!).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

shay_talksbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

Buddy read with @drjoannehill

It's one of those books that's so hyped up and I've seen absolutely everywhere - I just neeeeeded to know what all the fuss was about!! On the whole, I enjoyed the book (definitely helped to be buddy reading it!).

There were a few negatives: a lot of 'convenient moments' throughout (did our FMC achieve anything much on her own?!) where people appeared at just the right moment every time to help, and a fair amount of repetition of certain words, phrases and info. I also got a bit confused by all the different types of fae, especially the ones that appeared once and not really again.

As far as the villain goes, she didn't seem very well 'fleshed out;' I couldn't really grasp what she was trying to achieve or why and she came across as more petty and jealous than powerful and calculated to me.

However, the story was fun & the characters were generally pretty interesting. A fair amount of twists and turns that kept me waiting to see what would happen and a setting/world I could imagine quite easily (which is always good). It was fun and I had fun reading it!

Will I be continuing the series - probably!

** Worth noting that I went straight into this book from A Day of Fallen Night, which had very intricate world and character building - which is possibly why this felt a little clumsy at times as I unfortunately did draw a few comparisons.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

madi_oasis's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

I was genuinely surprised by this book. While I don’t much care for Feyre’s self-loathing inner monologues, they got pretty tiring to read through, I really appreciate how naturally Maas writes dialogue between characters. 

Tamlin and Feyre, and Lucien and Feyre, believably grow closer over the duration of the book. The second half of the book is by far better written and more intriguing. I appreciate the fairytale-retelling themes coming though, but the brutality of some scenes throughout the first half of the book was really jarring. 

Overall, I think I’ll just have to read the next book and see where the story takes me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Vomit, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

imgoingonanadventure's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.75

Beauty and the beast romance, bestowed curse, heroine must face trials to save everyone and herself 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Racism