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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: November 1, 2022

Finish date: November 30, 2022

Discussion: MODERN / POPULAR READS

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Mar 09, 2023 Catie rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, romance

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Feb 23, 2020 Elya rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I was really dubious about liking this book because everyone was raving about it. I saw it randomly at the library and decided to pick it up, but didn’t have high expectations. But I couldn’t put it down! Some aspects were a bit trope, but I didn’t find myself caring. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the series! I have seen it compared to twilight/hunger games but while there were a couple aspects I could see of those, it wasn’t enough that I thought it ridiculous or worth worrying ab ...more

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Jan 23, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf, it-should-have-been-good

Might be spoilers ahead. Now, I didn't finish this book, so I'm not spoiling any end, but there might be some information here that spoils the story for you. Read on on your own risk.

I HATE Sarah Maas' heroines!

Feyre kills somebody and is to pay a life for a life.
She gets to choose whether she dies in front of her family, or goes to the fairyland and never sees her family again, giving her life to the fairies as compensation for the life she took.
She chooses to live.
And starts immediately to Might be spoilers ahead. Now, I didn't finish this book, so I'm not spoiling any end, but there might be some information here that spoils the story for you. Read on on your own risk.

I HATE Sarah Maas' heroines!

Feyre kills somebody and is to pay a life for a life.
She gets to choose whether she dies in front of her family, or goes to the fairyland and never sees her family again, giving her life to the fairies as compensation for the life she took.
She chooses to live.
And starts immediately to whine about it.

The fairy is doing his best to give her as nice a life in the fairyland as he can, and does a good job, but she is whining and moping and trying to get away from the deal. He does nothing but nice things to her, and she complains. He tells her to do things for her own safety and wellbeing, and she disobeys, and when the shit hits the fan, she blames him for it.
I mean, she says she worries about her family, that they can't survive without her, and the fairy tells her they are being provided for, but only for as long as she stays put in the fairyland. He tells her that there's a reasonable cover story in place, and that the people aren't worried about her.
What she does is start whining because her sisters who despised and bullied her, don't care about her, and her father who was too weak to do anything to defend her, save her, protect her, didn't defend and protect her (from the consequences of her own actions) and doesn't come to save her. HOW, miss Feyre, HOW COULD HE?! He's an old, crippled, poor man with no friends or influence in the world, HOW COULD HE COME AND RESCUE YOU? HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHERE YOU ARE! And all that is the fairy's fault. He's being mean for keeping her away from her family, it's his fault that the people who didn't care about her before, don't care about her now. Geesh!

She's 19 and basically grown in a barrel, but she is smarter than the fairies and everyone falls in love with her, because she's... what ever. I suppose it's because she's a marysue, and smells irresistible or something. I don't know. We are supposed to believe she's all that, and when in Throne of Glass Sarah told us her heroine is all that, here she tries at least to make her heroine do some stuff to explain her amazingness. Fails, though, because some staged shows of how smart and kind and noble she is, can't outweigh how she behaves and reasons the rest of the time.

And the constant "I'm not as pretty as...", "i'm not as good a painter as..." Stop comparing yourself to others and learn to take a compliment!

The writing is OK in my mind, the story is interesting, but Feyre is just too much. Life is too short to read books you don't like, and there's enough books you like in the world to DNF books that irk you. ...more

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Dec 09, 2018 Sunflower rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: e-books, fiction-read-2018

It was ok. No wild enthusiasm from me, and there were times when I felt my intelligence was being insulted by being told the SAME THING over and over. I'm a native English speaker, and not dumb. I get it, already, and I'm sure all the other readers did too. Strangely, Feyre didn't always get it. Even after being told multiple times that something was horrendously dangerous, life-threatening, beyond her mortal powers etc, she'd go and do it anyway. Good for her. I'll always back strong women char ...more

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Nov 19, 2021 Lindsay rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Combines elements of Beauty and the Beast, The Hobbit, Maze Runner, Hunger Games

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Feb 17, 2025 Amanda rated it liked it

I expected something more complex from the author of the Throne of Glass series. It got interesting about 70% in but I was bored until then and it took me three attempts at reading it to get that far. I’m sure in time I’ll read the others in this series because I’ve heard they get better and I need to clear them from my TBR.

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