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

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: June 22, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

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Mar 03, 2017 Vicky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, fairy-tales, retellings, own-book, setting-fantasy, zz-cover-color-red, z-author-american-usa, series-waiting-on-release

I will admit, I had some trouble getting off the ground with A Court of Thorns and Roses.

The story is a retelling and I felt that much of the beginning was unoriginal. Granted there was the introduction of the Fae to give it a spin, but the basics were all there and predictable. The cursed Beast who is running out of time. The curse that keeps a masquerade mask in place on the face of every Spring Court Fae (instead of turning them all into animate inanimate objects). The Beast who is trying to ...more

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Mar 02, 2017 Jamie ~ Bad Boy Inspector rated it it was amazing

Shelves: genre-paranormal-romance, genre-urban-fantasy, subject-pn-fae

4.5/5

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Jan 11, 2016 jodiel86 rated it it was amazing

Shelves: active-series, genre-ya, genre-fantasy, genre-romance, on-my-bookshelf, following-email

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Reading History:

Read - January 2016
Re Read - May 2016
Re Read - May 2018 - after reading A Court of Frost & Starlight, I felt the need to go back to where it all began. I do love these characters :)
Re Read - November 2019
Re Read - February 2020

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Why I picked it up:

I received this one from Bloomsbury in exchange for an honest review. I actually picked it up and started reading it a couple of times, before finally sitting down and committing to it 100%.

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Apr 12, 2017 Morgan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle-read, young-adult, five-star-reads, paranormal, fiction, tales-retold, mythology-and-folklore, horror, re-reads, faeries

::Re-reading::

Original review -- here

Considering the fact that I liked it so much the first time around, I wasn't expecting to have one of those "keep reading the book way past when you really should have already put the kindle down and gone to bed" moments this time around.

But I did. Twice.

Last night I finished it and immediately started in on A Court of Mist and Fury.

#fingerscrossed that things stay this good. ...more

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Jan 19, 2019 febriani rated it liked it · review of another edition

Pada masa-masa awal aku mencoba menulis blog buku hingga merambah ke dunia bookstagram, aku memperhatikan betapa populernya serial ACOTAR. Saat itu bacaan non-mangaku hampir eksklusif sastrawi, dan aku kerap curiga pada kualitas buku-buku bestseller. Aku habis-habisan menghindari serial ini dan enggan memfollow akun yang memuat foto buku ini. Itu adalah masa-masa yang lucu ketika kuingat-ingat lagi, apalagi mengingat kini aku mulai melepaskan diri dari eksklusivitas dalam memilih bacaan dan akhi Pada masa-masa awal aku mencoba menulis blog buku hingga merambah ke dunia bookstagram, aku memperhatikan betapa populernya serial ACOTAR. Saat itu bacaan non-mangaku hampir eksklusif sastrawi, dan aku kerap curiga pada kualitas buku-buku bestseller. Aku habis-habisan menghindari serial ini dan enggan memfollow akun yang memuat foto buku ini. Itu adalah masa-masa yang lucu ketika kuingat-ingat lagi, apalagi mengingat kini aku mulai melepaskan diri dari eksklusivitas dalam memilih bacaan dan akhirnya membaca buku ini.

Sepertinya aku nggak perlu menceritakan ulang garis besar alur plot ini, karena pasti banyak yang sudah tahu. Jadi, aku hanya akan membagi kesanku terhadap buku ini. Konon awal serial ini adalah semacam retelling dongeng Beauty and The Beast. Sayangnya, aku sama sekali lupa dongeng yang filmnya kutonton ketika masih bocah itu, lagipula waktu itu aku tidak mengerti ceritanya. Ternyata, aku cukup menikmati membaca buku ini. Aku suka betapa di dunia buku ini perempuan lazim menjadi pendekar, pemburu dan pemimpin kaum tertentu.

Meskipun begitu, ada saat-saat jenuh karena kegiatan di meja makan dan percobaan kabur serta keYOLOan Feyre dalam menghadapi aneka jenis peri berbahaya yang diulang-ulang. Alur lamban dan kebebalan Feyre yang ngeyel tetap melakukan sesuatu yang sudah diperingatkan berbagai pihak untuk tidak dilakukan membuat banyak pengulas di Goodreads menyerah pada 30% pembacaan. Membaca buku ini terasa seperti mengendarai roller coaster. Kadang aku merasa seperti membaca neo Twilight. Terlepas dari itu semua, cerita menjadi sangat seru dan bikin penasaran selepas 300 halaman pertama. Aku pun mulai mengerti kenapa Rhysand (yang kubayangkan memiliki suara seduktif Junichi Suwabe) sangat memikat banyak pembaca. Ini baru buku pertama! Konon dia akan semakin membuat termehek-mehek di sekuelnya.

Sedikit catatan tentang teknis pemilihan kata dalam buku ini: beberapa kata kerja yang digunakan penulis dan penerjemah untuk mendeskripsikan reaksi tokoh-tokoh buku ini terkesan primal, kalau bukan hewani. Contohnya: mendengkur dan menggeram layaknya kucing kecil dan besar. Dengan pemilihan kata-kata tersebut dan kemampuan berubah wujud beberapa peri agung, aku merasakan batas yang mulai lebur antara sifat kemanusiaan dan hewani yang memang termanifestasi dalam ras peri agung tersebut.

Berbekal kabar burung bahwa buku kedua akan jauh lebih seru dan aku akan sudah terlanjur “invested” di penghujung buku kedua kelak, aku berniat mengikuti serial ini dengan perasaan bercampur aduk.

Ngomong-ngomong, adegan resureksi itu kayaknya puitis banget deh. Aku jadi bisa memaafkan segala keputusan konyol Feyre di setengah pertama buku ini karenanya. ...more

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Feb 23, 2016 Irene Hollimon rated it it was amazing

Fantasy - I like the romance, the world, the characters and the story in general. But... what really sticks out in this book is the weakest set up for the next book I have EVER read- I don't we're in spoiler territory to say Rhysand makes it to the end of the book. The set up occurs close to the end of the book Rhysand is in the middle of a discussion and... poof! gets startled and is yanked out of the scene never to reappear- no more information is given. By implication we're pretty sure he's n ...more

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Apr 12, 2019 Tea rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, 2019

2.5/5
Got major beauty and the beast vibes.
Feyre has got to be one of the most frustating characters, nothing she does makes any sense!!

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Oct 27, 2019 Samantha rated it really liked it

I enjoyed the book, it was a quick read. It didn’t grab my the way other YAs of a similar genre have, but I will keep reading the series and hope it gets better or at least is entertaining.

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