Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

48 reviews

lava_crown's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Violence, Sexism, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Slavery, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Genocide, and Gun violence

kam_be's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Racism, Torture, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Hate crime

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Infidelity, and Trafficking

anselm's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Even if you're not a fan of Sarah J. Maas you will love this. The focus on friendship and grief was excellently done. And none of the plot twists will you guess but they work perfectly in the story. In the middle it did loose my interest for a bit, but it quickly captured it again. I know Sarah J. Maas is renowned for sexual content but as an ace I would say it was barely present and did not take away from the story at all. My only criticism is that every description seems to reference how good looking the character is even in random situations.

As much as I loved the ending I would love for Sarah J. Maas to attempt to write an underdog protagonist at some point because I think she could do it well and I'm tired of every protagonist being secretly powerful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicide attempt, War, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Torture, Addiction, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Mental illness

katybradley888's review

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and War

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Confinement

amyp3's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Kinda cringy but v fun ride and much better than I expected:))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Medical content, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Medical trauma, and Sexual content

microbemom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gore, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, War, Torture, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Murder

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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, Murder, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, Torture, Medical content, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Violence, and War

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Death of parent, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

siad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense slow-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

I have no words. This book broke me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug abuse, Grief, Torture, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

Spectacular

I was really worried SJM wasn’t gonna be able to pull off low fantasy as well as she does high fantasy but I am so glad to be wrong. I cried, I gagged, I cried happy tears, and I cried some more. This was a wild ride with lots of tissues and I can’t recommend it enough, I loved it with my whole shattered heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Slavery, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Medical trauma, Grief, Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gun violence, and Torture

begentile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Gore, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit