A review by moonrosemother
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

0.5

Many plot holes, character development was next to none except for the main female character, the author has over described and under described parts, all characters seem to be white so there's no diversity at all. 

The author hasnt learned about any of the hobbies of the main character; the mc is a painter and hunter; yet the mc will often say to herself: "i dont know the name of the colour, so i will keep it for later", while it is true that not everyone knows the names of colours, SJM could still have described them better.

SPOILERS:
The MC's family starts off as having lost lots of wealth and were living in a shack having forced the MC to hunt for food, and the family (except MC) was in denial of it, even after 8 years and expected the MC to care for them. However, while MC was under the "care" of her kidnapper, the kidnapper gave the mc's family more wealth that they had before, thus the family learned nothing.
 

Adittionally
One of the characters towards the end while shown that he could torture the minds of fae and humans, sexually assulted the MC, however this was thrown in at the END of the book, thus seeming to have not been thought out at all.
 
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