Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig

23 reviews

sunshine_kait's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility and Sexual content

agirlsnightbookbash's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Rape

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was an absolutely incredible sequel! I loved it so much. It was spooky and atmospheric and kept me on the edge of my seat!

Crossing my fingers for a third book after the way this one ended!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

shinararose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

I really should have expected the twists in this book from when I read House of Salt and Sorrows but wow. I did not see most of this book coming. From Gerard's wrong doings to Dauphines complicity. Verity's first trip out in to the world was fraught with misleading truths and the nightmare of seeing what's underneath the surface. The "rule" of threes definitely should have sparked my curiosity about Alex not having siblings but I was so focused on Gerards infidelity and Verity rediscovering her abilities. I feel pity for Dauphine because in the end, she was just trying to do right by all of the children, by protecting Alexander and not allowing the experiments to be born. Poor Constance was just caught in the middle. The final twist was Grandmere being in on it. I honestly thought she was vehemently against it because of her hatred of Verity's family history. Turns out that hatred came from a place of pain, with losing her daughter and then basically losing two grandsons with the third being crippled.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

eviemayhem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to like this book as much as I liked the first one. I suppose part of my issue is that I didn't read the synopsis and just assumed it would pick up where it left off with the same narrator. The book starts off well, and up until the last 100 pages, I was really enjoying the book.

The climax- Amazing.

Everything is downhill from there. It felt much too fast and then somehow the true villain (objectively) of the story is no longer the villain and it all resolves too quickly. It is intense and overwhelming and messy. The writer is amazing, but the pacing on this one was just too fast at the end to be satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

carrasreadsandthings's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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

I loved the first book and couldn't wait to get my hands on the sequel. It absolutely did not disappoint!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Infidelity, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

caidyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

A sequel I never thought I needed. It was an excellent read! I enjoyed the twists and turns, although I did anticipate a few of them. I was hoping for an ace MC but that's alright not to have that. And I didn't love the ending. But still a great book that kept me wondering.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury