Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

322 reviews

izzymow's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Good for some. Not for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Torture

haileyspencer's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Murder and Physical abuse

m_parker9612's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Excrement, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, and Slavery

shannonredwine8's review

dark emotional 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? No

4.0

The only reason I didn't give this amazing book 5 stars is because it had several scenes of detailed animal death. Most of them were the same scene over & over. Unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Murder, Bullying, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Body horror, Classism, and Death

maddielags's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book had me feeling all the emotions. From sadness, to anger, to more sadness and to hopefulness, I didn’t want this book to end but at the same time, I needed to know what happened. I understand the hype. This was my first adult fantasy book and it did not disappoint!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, Torture, Violence, and Body horror

precy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

2.75

I only liked the middle of the book and some chapters by the end, the rest is too slow pace, very weak plot, and some moments I felt bad reading it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

brandie_abbie19's review

adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Death, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, War, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

cash_mama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book started so slow. I DNF the physical book twice before finally listening to the dramatized audio. The last 1/4 of the book got really good. Now I’m not sure if I want to get the physical copies of the rest of the series or just continue to listen. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Animal death

xavlak33's review

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Not very well written.

“I love you” I said, and stabbed him.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body shaming, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, Confinement, and Sexual content

h_vann's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Physical abuse