A review by lenorayoder
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

At no point in this book was I surprised or intrigued. Neither the plot nor the characters are developed well, and a good book needs at LEAST one. Full of cliches and things I've seen before, down to
the curse
feeling like a
Beauty and the Beast
rip-off, and Rhysand's
use of body paint
being taken straight from
The Mummy
movie. Just a bunch of things I've seen before, and liked better elsewhere. 

I read this because I heard the second book was interesting and I was generally curious about the hype, but goddamn does booktok need to find better material to gush over. Not a single character in this book felt like a real person and that made it really difficult to care about anything, much less a mediocre plot. And it must be said that Feyre makes for an unpleasant narrator.