Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

1142 reviews

stailysh1's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I did not love these characters and couldn't get into the main character.  She spends most of the book cowering or going along with everything.  The end of the book is when things turn around.  I kept reading to see what would happen, and I got invested enough that I'll read the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Vomit

mattgregz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

I was hooked at the start, lost a bit of interest in the middle when the plot became too much of a Beauty & the Beast retread, and momentum picked back up quickly at the end just as I had begun to consider abandoning ship.

throughout, maas’ writing is exquisite. I recently finished a series where the world-building is strong and the plot is slow-moving, then a different series where the plot is go go go and the world is tricky to understand at times. this story strikes an impeccable balance between the two: the world is largely accessible from the outset and the plot is compelling. the middle isn’t slow per se, but the B&tB parallels make it feel at times predictable and lackluster.

as I turned the last page, I was hooked and I am so ready for what the next few installments in this series have in store.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

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

littlejfox's review

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

queend1827's review

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Violence, and Sexual content

monsarona's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

3.5

It was a good easy read to kick start reading again. An obvious beauty and the beast retelling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gore, Death of parent, Classism, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Vomit

wordsandrecreation's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Torture

alrsto's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Started out as a standard “Beauty and the Beast” narrative, but takes an unexpected left turn about two-thirds of the way through. I can’t decide whether that turn was abrupt or well set up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Torture

slee1144's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

mariisaur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Death