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

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

2.0

honestly I would've given this a 3 star had the third act not been so bad. I liked everyone else except feyre (who is NOT a strong fmc... I don't know where people get that notion). honestly if nesta would have been the main character this would bring it up a star for me. otherwise, the third act really made this book worse for me. I felt like SJMs writing got significantly worse and repetitive and everything was easily predictable. what really sealed the deal for me was how romanticized feyre's suffering was. honestly I had to put the book down sometimes. I read a lot of dark stuff so I don't think it was the content but rather the portrayal and romantization of the abuse feyre suffered.

kind of spoiler for the future of the series:
what i especially dont like is that the majority of the abuse comes from rhysand, feyres actual endgame love interest. and it gets kind of excused bc he was amaranthas sex slave but i feel like what he did was still so unnecessary? i haven't read ACOMAF yet but i feel like there has to be some really bad character assassination on tamlins part to make rhysand look a lot better because what he did in this book is NOT GOOD
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