Dave Owsley’s Reviews > A Court of Thorns and Roses > Status Update

I have been harsh on this book, and I still stand by most of it, I’m going to do some ruminating and see where I stand. When she revealed the third trial I was slightly baffled, but the writing made up for it, I loved how brutal it was. Similarly, I really love how penitent Feyre is about it. There were other things I didn’t much care for in the ending, but overall I think the last 5 chapters were an improvement.

Every time Rhysand is mentioned in this book I get dizzy and want to vomit.

Amarantha is a lazy villain by the way, “uh okay so your first trial is to fight this worm, and the next one is solve a puzzle before you get crushed by the spike ceiling.” Some trials pal, what’s next? You gonna roll a bolder at her?

I feel like I need a beautiful minds room to understand and remember all the connections, that’s on me. This ending is feeling pretty rushed so far though, and that is definitely not my fault.

It’s grating. All of these characters are as flat as a board, Tamlin maybe the worst in the entire story though. Also wow the part with her family is such a nothing burger, I have specific problems with it but I can’t put them into words because my head huuurrts.

It’s alright

Chapter 17 was super dope, Sarah J Maas does body horror really well. I found chapter 18 to be a whatever burger truly. I like that Lucien is also his wingman.

I have criticisms about things in this book so far but I’m really curious as to what this 19 year old is going to do about the evil magic plague