A Court of Thorns and Roses
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Jun 05, 2015 08:25PM
I would like to actually talk about this book with people and since my friends haven't read it, here we are!
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What didn't you like about it?
Mrsbooks wrote: "What didn't you like about it?"It would almost be easier to say what I did like. But if you go to my page, I posted a really long rant about it.
Haha you sure did! Wow that was quite a long rant ;)So long that I can't remember the points I was going to comment on.... my bad memory!!!
Ok so I remember a couple lol... sorry I really am laughing at myself.
Where this is not finished, I expect there are a lot of lose ends that just don't make much sense to us yet. For instance Nesta being able to resist the glamour. Who knows where that is going to go. So when it comes to unanswered questions or story lines, I personally usually don't complain much about it until the series is over.
But I do have to agree that it was really weird that Feyre figured out Tam's heart was made of stone. It was a contradiction that she could put that together and not figure out the curse. But, I don't think she should have been able to figure either out. I mean, did any of us readers figure out the curse? We were given all the same information she was. So if we couldn't figure it out how was she supposed to figure it out? I knew something else was going on for sure, but what that something was, I didn't know.
Mrsbooks wrote: "Haha you sure did! Wow that was quite a long rant ;)So long that I can't remember the points I was going to comment on.... my bad memory!!!
Ok so I remember a couple lol... sorry I really am lau..."
Oh I plan on finishing the series, but I just think this book fell a little flat.
My lengthy review aside, what did you like/ dislike about the book?
I have to admit that I was also disappointed with this book. I didn't find it very original. Instead it reminded me of Twilight--all four books rolled into one, but without the time needed to really get to know the characters and understand their relationships.
Yep I'm the same. It felt like I was reading a whole lot of sections of different YA books with the same stock-standard main character. I didn't realise it was a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast but that makes me dislike it more tbh.Over-used line in the book "my bowels turned to liquid", or something like that. Once is enough, good line. Three times? F***ing hell.
And I totally agree about Feyre becoming High Fae. Stupid.
BUT -
"Sarah has said that the deal is a sort of nod to Persephone. I can't wait to see what our Hades has up his sleeve." - Holy crap I didn't realise and this actually gets me excited. Love Rhysand!
Niether was I. It was bland and boring and the heroin was an moron sometimes and was weak then she turned into a Mary Sue at the end.
Alex wrote: "Yep I'm the same. It felt like I was reading a whole lot of sections of different YA books with the same stock-standard main character. I didn't realise it was a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast ..."Rhysand is one of my favorite characters, along with the best friend, whose name escapes me at the moment. So much depth and wit from these two!
Cheza wrote: "Niether was I. It was bland and boring and the heroin was an moron sometimes and was weak then she turned into a Mary Sue at the end."I agree 1000%
At the beginning I would have liked her to study reading more. Learn more of their history and perhaps found weaknesses to destroy them since she hated them so much.
The world building was flat but maybe that's my problem from reading too much Urban/High Fantasy (A Song of Ice and Fire, the Fever Series, Kate Daniels Series, The Daughter of Smoke and Bone etc.) Why were they eating human food? Why were they speaking in the same language as the human's. And they tell her everything and waited on her hand and foot.
But what gets me is the fact she found out all of this was a ploy to free the court, she was not the least bit resentful. Pissed. Hurt. Angry. That's another reason I couldn't connect with her, on top of being stupid. She was used by everyone. And she's not even a little pissed by it.
The world building was flat but maybe that's my problem from reading too much Urban/High Fantasy (A Song of Ice and Fire, the Fever Series, Kate Daniels Series, The Daughter of Smoke and Bone etc.) Why were they eating human food? Why were they speaking in the same language as the human's. And they tell her everything and waited on her hand and foot.
But what gets me is the fact she found out all of this was a ploy to free the court, she was not the least bit resentful. Pissed. Hurt. Angry. That's another reason I couldn't connect with her, on top of being stupid. She was used by everyone. And she's not even a little pissed by it.
Michele wrote: "Alex wrote: "Yep I'm the same. It felt like I was reading a whole lot of sections of different YA books with the same stock-standard main character. I didn't realise it was a re-telling of Beauty a..."
I'll read the next two if only for Rhys and Luc. They were what made the book bearable. That says something when the supporting/ side characters are 100 times more intersting than the main ones you're supposed to like.
I'll read the next two if only for Rhys and Luc. They were what made the book bearable. That says something when the supporting/ side characters are 100 times more intersting than the main ones you're supposed to like.
Cheza wrote: "...That says something when the supporting/ side characters are 100 times more intersting than the main ones you're supposed to like"Not necessarily! Its a stock standard method that some authors use to make the character more relatable! Feyre is bland and a "ghost" character so that the reader can step into her shoes more easily and picture themselves as her. The side characters are always more interesting and quirky so that we go "oh I want them to be my friend!" and that helps the process along.
Look at Harry Potter for example. Harry wasn't a super interesting character - other than his proactive-ness and abilities he didn't have much of a personality compared to Hermione or Ron. Frodo from LOTR - he was pretty bland but was an ordinary person thrown into an extraordinary situation (readers love the everyday joe, the underdog) but everyone loves Sam because of his loyalty - a friend we wish we had.
Can't blame the author for using a method of writing that works - now we're going "yay Rhys and Luc". It is irritating to me and I prefer reading characters with gumption, but meh. Now that shes "High Fae" and all that predictable bull crap, maybe she'll change a bit.
But yep Cheza, I agree - the world building was lacking. It is kind of what I expect for a YA novel though - you should read Mistborn if you haven't already. That one is ah-mazing.Can't really compare the book to other better adult fantasy ones, but if you look at it closely it seems supremely lazy with many holes in it - like Sarah has grabbed many other books and thrown in bits because it "works" but hasn't really thought it through herself nor added anything of substance of her own.
Alex wrote: "But yep Cheza, I agree - the world building was lacking. It is kind of what I expect for a YA novel though - you should read Mistborn if you haven't already. That one is ah-mazing.
Can't really co..."
Mistborn does sound great. But i haven't gotten the time--or money; broke college student here--to get it or a ton of others but yes. When I get the chance I will.
I understand the "ghost" thing but that's what pulled me away. I love heroins with big, fun, and colorful persnalites.
Can't really co..."
Mistborn does sound great. But i haven't gotten the time--or money; broke college student here--to get it or a ton of others but yes. When I get the chance I will.
I understand the "ghost" thing but that's what pulled me away. I love heroins with big, fun, and colorful persnalites.
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