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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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Jun 19, 2018 Angie Taylor rated it liked it

I decided to finally give these books a try since I've had so many people tell me I need to read them.
Here's what I liked: Maas has created a unique telling of Beauty in the Beast by using the fantasy trope of fairies' and humans' worlds colliding. This is done very well and draws the reader in with the magic and mystery Feyra discovers bit by bit. I liked Feyra's strong fire and her hard worth ethic to provide for her family despite her education limitations and order of birth. I loved the sac ...more

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Dec 06, 2023 Rachel rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-some-via-audiobook, read-some-via-ebook

I finally broke down with all the hype and read this book and .. it's definitely giving Twilight vibes.

Not a lot happens in the first half and I found the character of Feyre so whiny and insufferable. I had a really hard time caring what happened to her, which is the point of the whole book.

After reading ACOMAF, I'd almost say you could just skip this one and just read a recap. Yes, the books get "better", but you shouldn't have to suffer through a first book just for the series to "really get g ...more

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Nov 30, 2017 Charlene rated it it was ok

Shelves: dnf

DNF’d at around 50%...
if you’re into abusive relationships, this might be your thing...

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Jan 23, 2019 Ketutar Jensen rated it it was ok

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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Jun 08, 2024 Tonia rated it liked it · review of another edition

3.5 stars but rated 3, If Feyre would have been a bit more likeable as a character, this would maybe even be a 5 star read, The world and story is very interesting. I just found myself almost stopping reading due to the things Feyre would say and do. I do want to read the next book and hope her character has "settled down a bit" with the attitude. lol ...more

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