Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

222 reviews

christie_esau's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

3.75

I really enjoyed the first book, and quite enjoyed the second but the length of this book became unwieldy. I appreciate the connections made in this book (no spoilers here) and enjoy some of the characters but I've realized that - aside from Ruhn - I don't like most of Crescent City characters. Whereas I really like a lot of the ACOTAR characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

lotto212's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

It felt like this book took me ages to get through and became a bit of a chore to read eventually. SJM really had too many loose ends to tie up in this book, so a lot of the action ended up seeming too convenient. 

I liked the second book and the latter half of the first, but this books plot was very predictable and fluffy. Def my least favourite SJM series, but happy I read it all the same!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Cursing, Kidnapping, Violence, Colonisation, Genocide, Murder, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Child death and Excrement

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, War, Xenophobia, Colonisation, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Abandonment

milliewh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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: Sexual content

Moderate: War, Violence, and Gun violence

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexism, Death, War, Gun violence, Gore, Cursing, Blood, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Colonisation, Slavery, Gaslighting, Classism, Violence, Racism, Murder, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Physical abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Suicide, Drug use, Addiction, Pregnancy, Car accident, Abandonment, and Drug abuse

rewoodrow's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0

Let me start out by saying that I did in fact love this book and it was a five-star read for me despite some of my feelings. Why? Because it was still fun, it was still a good plot, the characters were still amazing. the romance was still romancing for me. It was still an incredible SJM book for me. Is it my favorite? No. but it was still good.

I LOVED THE BOOK... but I was super underwhelmed at the end. This was not the High Stakes, emotionally damaging book I was expecting. (HOSAB&HOFAS Spoiler) <Spoiler>And this has nothing to do with the crossover, even though that felt super underwhelming too, but I also wasn't expecting a crazy crossover since this is a Crescent City book, not an ACOTAR book. It wouldn't make much sense to put a ton of info in that would need to be explained in the next ACOTAR book for it to make sense.</Spoiler> I don't think enough people died. with how the Asteri were written be this huge bad multi-planet villain it just wasn't <i>enough.</i> I expected to be in a full blown reading slump and that did not happen.

Despite that, I am very much looking forward to her next book because despite this being the ending to Bryce and Hunt. I do not think this will be the last Crescent City Book. I mean, we still need a House of Many Waters book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Misogyny, and Death

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Gun violence, Rape, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Death, Torture, Blood, and Drug abuse

megad_06's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.75

Really good! Took a while to get into but ended Hunt & Bryce's ark well. Wish the ACOTAR crossover had more substance but was good nonetheless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, Violence, Cursing, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Sexual assault

ka_ke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, War, Colonisation, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Classism, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Medical content, Torture, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Genocide