Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

312 reviews

drea_lupin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment, War, and Violence

juliemariesmith3's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Torture, War, and Death

lags2much's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The pacing is painfully slow. If you need something to read to help you fall asleep at night, you’re in luck. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Medical content, Sexual content, Slavery, and Suicidal thoughts

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Minor: Deadnaming, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, and Torture

sammiejayne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Suicide

kitkat562's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Honestly, the second time reading this was even more fun than the first. I really picked up on the small kernels of info that SJM spreads throughout the book by re-reading it. This book contains one of my favorite scenes I’ve read in any book so far, and is the only book to make me bawl like a baby. Such a heartfelt ending ♥️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Death, Murder, War, Gore, and Slavery

hilary_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Murder, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide attempt

cassidy_rain's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

“That’s the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious.”

What a rollercoaster this book was! (I’m an adrenaline junkie, I loved it). I’m not going to lie, I was a little nervous to start this series because I knew it wasn’t going to be like ACOTAR or TOG, but I really ended up loving it! In my mind the fantasy genre screams “medieval” to me so I had a hard time wrapping my mind around the modern aspects. Ahem. Drugs. Guns. Cell phones. But it worked surprisingly well! No need to fear. Just goes to show what an amazing storyteller SJM is.

Crescent City is really a true crime/murder mystery/thriller meets magic and fantasy. And what a great combo it is. It was very easy for me to visualize the city and setting (I imagine it being kind of like Rome, lol). I felt completely immersed into the story from start to finish. The first chapter was a lot of info dump, but after that I found it fairly easy to follow. There’s a lot of phrases that get repeated (I’ve read a lot of SJM books so I know this is pretty typical at this point, but can we please come up with a bit more variety?).

I loved the characters! Bryce is sassy and sexy and selfless like you would not believe. Hunt is broody and rough around the edges, but a big softie deep down. The tension is so good. Danika and the wolves stole my heart from the very beginning. Ruhn Danaan…. Crown Prince of the Valbaran Fae… nuff said; can’t wait to see more of his character in the future books. Lehabah and Syrinx. 🥹

“Bryce was a ghost for a long time, Hunt. She pretended she wasn’t, but she was…. You brought her back to life.”

I had a great time with this and excited to see where the series goes! 

Tropes: 
• enemies to friends to lovers
• found family

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gun violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug use and Sexual content

florecita_lectora's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, Murder, Death, Slavery, Police brutality, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence

xandrav's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Slavery, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gore, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual content