Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

58 reviews

sarahyjackson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Light it up, Bryce! My favorite Maas heroine. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Racial slurs, Blood, Violence, Classism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Death

elledanie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Had to give 5⭐️ since it made me cry so much! Will be thinking about this one for a while…SJM does it again, a mastermind 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Torture, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Violence, Car accident, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Gun violence, Vomit, Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, and Gore

kylarenea_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Classism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty

kshertz'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Wow that was a journey! I’ve been wanting to read this forever but it’s so many pages! But it’s true that once you get into this world, all you want to do is read and keep going. I definitely got invested. In fact I’m much more invested in the side characters actually. I’ll just keep on reading these books! They’re excellent. I can’t give it 5 stars because there was no sex. What the heck?! I was bummmmmed. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, War, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Addiction, Drug abuse, Gore, Abandonment, Classism, Death, and Grief

aharper's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, and Drug abuse

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.75

At this point, anything SJM writes, I’ll read. She always delivers with a quick paced fantasy romance that includes fun characters, good world building, and interesting plot twists. The first installment of the Crescent City series was no exception. While the beginning felt a bit slow, the build up was necessary for the story. I loved the FMC, Bryce. She was strong, smart and sure of herself from the beginning. I also liked the setting of a futuristic fantasy world in which magic and technology mix in interesting ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Blood, Gun violence, and Drug use

Minor: Sexism and Fire/Fire injury

cady_sass'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

4.5

4.5 ⭐️ rounded up 
To think I almost DNFed this after 50 pages!!! Which is why I deduct half a star. The first few chapters are really hard to read, they’re nonsensical, lazy world building and make almost zero sense to the point where I felt compelled to put it down. Some friends convinced me it was worth the push so I started over and pushed through part 1, at which point I absolutely *devoured* the rest of the book. I didn’t guess any of the twists, I fell in love with all the characters, my heart broke and pieced itself back together and broke over and over again. Loved this. ACOTAR who? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Medical content, Vomit, Slavery, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Torture, War, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

tiff_taff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I devoured Sarah J. Maas’s ACOTAR series earlier this year and instantly knew I had to start the Crescent City series. This book did not disappoint. My one point of critique is that the first half feels slow. There’s a lot of world building that doesn’t make sense at first. I will definitely benefit from a re-read before the third book comes out. 

Bryce Quinlan is half-fae, half-human and quite honestly a mess. She’s reeling from a significant loss that happens early on in the book and trying to keep a grip on living. Hunt Athalar is an enslaved, assassin fallen angel who gets thrown into the mix of a curious investigation. The relationship development between these two was a delight to read. Definitely a slow burn but their friendship was my favorite part. 

The rest of the immediate characters have vibrant and different personalities. I loved everyone, even the characters you want to hate.  

There’s a fair amount of action that explodes in the last part especially. I couldn’t put the book down for the last 200 pages or so and had to stay up late to finish it. 

I cannot wait to pick up the second book this weekend and dive back in to Lunathion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Drug use, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment, Body shaming, Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty

jshroy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Abandonment, Grief, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, War, Slavery, Blood, Gun violence, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual harassment

lea_talisa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Slavery, Vomit, Violence, Death, Bullying, War, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Drug use