Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

387 reviews

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

jessnotjen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

Took a while to build the momentum of enjoyment but then couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Blood, Gore, Murder, War, Drug abuse, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

death of best friend

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

emccarr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug abuse, Confinement, Slavery, Sexual harassment, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Animal cruelty

amypalmer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

Do not read the blurb if this book as it has a major spoiler for the first 100 pages This is a fantasy crime.

Very good. I'm actually tempted to say this is the best Sarah J Mass start to a series and at the level of Kingdom of Ash maybe better. I heard a lot of complaints that people were struggling for the first 200 pages however I didn't have that problem. I thought it was a strong compelling start. I think what maybe is a shock for people is that this is a different genre to other sjm books veering towards crime and coming from a futuresque world. I found the mystery aspect engaging and very much enjoyed and flew through this book. Starting the next one now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

So so so good, really challenged my world building skills at the beginning but once I got a hang of it it went super fast! Of course the last 100 pages had every twist and turn imaginable and I loved every second of it. I thought no other SJM series could match up with ACOTAR for me, but I 100% fell in love with these characters and this world. 1,000,000/10!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Addiction, Gore, Misogyny, War, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Torture, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Murder, and Violence

loiseigenraam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Classism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

cassackareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal death, and Torture

a_acha331's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.75

I was hesitant at first because for 800 pages… What do you have to say that requires all this?? Was it that serious to create an encyclopedia, babes??? 😐

Some scenes were unwarranted and felt like a page filler. Nonetheless, with each page flipped, my anticipation increased. I laughed and cried!!! Hunt…..The betrayal!!!! (I was rooting for you. We were all rooting for you🥹). Nevertheless, everything worked out. He won me back and Imma stick beside him 👁️👄👁️✌🏾

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Drug use, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, Cursing, Murder, Bullying, Classism, and Grief

libraryofmoss's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

I have a difficult time rating this book because I did enjoy it but I have complaints! First, Maas has an exposition problem, and it’s actually not so bad in this one but this is the third book of hers I’ve read so now I notice it. This book so much backstory of both hierarchies and interpersonal drama this book, it really would have benefited from a prequel or at least a prologue. Instead, characters explain wars, etc. in conversations with each other. FINALLY in page 700 something we have a reasonable lil flashback actually describing the action instead of the laborious stilted dialogue, and the bad guy long-winded-ly explaining his motivations and Evil Plan (tm). Also, I really think the book would have been a lot more interesting if Bryce and Hunt weren’t so hot for each other. That being said, I couldn’t put the book down because the adventure and intrigue was captivating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Slavery, and Murder