Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

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

115 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

ten_telegrams's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Grief, War, Death of parent, and Alcohol

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

maregred's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Confinement, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: War, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia

miagic_tome'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved it! Immediately picked up the second one. enjoyed the hints at beauty and the beast. A few things is with the amount of characters I would’ve liked more diversity in appearance, and it seemed like a big world to tackle and I want to explore it more. A pet peeve was using “male” and “female” to describe everyone but that’s a personal preference 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Trafficking

jenlenry's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: War and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

readingstarmage's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.0

Spoiler

Tamlin's sus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Vomit and Alcohol

shyannereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Sexual content

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

redheadsuperpowers's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I had been avoiding this book because all the hype it was getting. I was like, Twilight got this much attention and wasn't great, so i was being stubborn. 

I was wrong. This book was a retelling of the myth of Tamlin, with a bit of Beauty and the Beast for flavor. It is amazingly well written, compelling, and entertaining. If you liked Holly Black's Far books, you will like this one.  I started this book at midnight last night, fell asleep while reading it, and jumped right back in on waking. 

Feyre is a strong female lead, who is disinclined to taking anyone's crap due to being the only thing seemingly keeping her family from starving in the years before the story starts. She is dealing with realistic dangers for her environment, and the care she has for her family shines through. Tamlin is a pretty male lead, but I did find the other male characters a bit more interesting. Tamlin is dealing with his own problems mostly, and the need for secrecy does drag on the plot a bit.  The only real downside I saw, was the leads falling in love felt rushed. She did a lot of character and world building in the beginning, stuffed them falling in love in the middle, and that made the driving force behind Feyre's decisions seem a bit hollow. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Excrement, Grief, Violence, War, Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking