Reviews tagging Panic attacks/disorders

A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

19 reviews

csmall73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Initially the story kind of meandered through events that don’t seem to have much value to a storyline. Everything does tie in an intricate plot that even extends past its own series. As things develop it becomes quite chaotic and confusing but it is good. You get sucked into the story and into feyre. You must know what happens next even though it breaks her and it breaks you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Child abuse, Bullying, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Classism, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, Torture, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

orchidlilly'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? It's complicated

1.0

Oh boy, so many things to say here. First of all, this was the first series in over 10 years that I DNF'd (never got past the first book). The writing is mediocre at best, the descriptions are trite and cliche, and it reads like fanfiction written by a middle-schooler. The main character, Feyre, is whiny, unlikable, and overall bland and annoying, she reads like a textbook self-insert mary sue who is the best at everything, except being girly because she's "not like other girls". The plot makes no real sense, and the story takes forever to move forward, usually with more focus on the smutty romance bits than the actual storyline. This story has just taken Katniss from the Hunger Games, poorly reskinned her, and dumped her in a wannabe dark and raunchy beauty and the beast ripoff. I could maybe see how it could be enjoyable for a horned up middle schooler/ early high schooler, but this book is not for anyone who wants actual substance to their stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, Injury/injury detail, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Alcohol, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Classism, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Torture, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racism, Stalking, Terminal illness, Child death, Classism, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Colonisation

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Torture, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

milkbath_goblin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Animal death, and Confinement

Minor: Confinement, Violence, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

brittishliterature's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed this! I had tried to start it two or three times before and ended up DNFing, but I was determined because the bookstagram hype was real and the FOMO was major haha. Even though StoryGraph has it labeled as medium-paced, it felt slower just because I couldn't go too fast for fear of missing out on lovely imagery, important character development, and necessary world-building. It definitely wasn't for lack of quality, and I wasn't opposed to taking my time soaking it all up.

I've heard that the series really gets good after the first book, and I can see that because it wasn't quite a five-star read for me but I also feel like the storyline and development were necessary. And without mentioning any spoilers, I feel that what was lacking in certain aspects of the story was written that way for a reason.

But anyway! I'm so glad I finally finished it and am finally reading this series! I've already started A Court of Mist and Fury and am already LOVING it even more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Animal death, Confinement, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, and Injury/injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I understand why this series took off, its easy to read, great world building but that's it. It's not the fairy erotica everyone says it is. But reading this in 2022 - nothing ground breaking or new. 
Could've been an normal beauty and the beast retelling but the author has other plans towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and War

merelyakalan's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Violence, Physical abuse, Grief, Blood, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual assault

fallknitt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, Death, Torture, Violence, Injury/injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Classism and Animal death

want2readmore's review against another edition

adventurous relaxing 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Terminal illness, Classism, and Death

bisquii'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

3 for quality but 5 for a solid escapism fantasy! No think, just fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

This book is crazy dark towards the end. There’s a lot to process and a long period of Horrible Things and Situations Specifically Designed To Be Impossible that make the MC rightfully distressed and it can get hard to read through at points. (This part gets extra Problematic so to keep the Escapism™️ just ignore the “I have to assault you for your own good” and enjoy the trip to ‘Of Course These Are Green Flags What Are You Talking About’ city.