Reviews tagging 'Gore'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

273 reviews

bhrtng's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Uggghhhh this is my fave SJM book YETTTT. The world building was a little heavy at first, but pushing through was worth it. A friend who finished before me said that "If it's important, it'll come back up later" which helped me get through the first part without getting too hung up on little details. The murder mystery kept me guessing and the last 200 pages were a SPRINT that had me screaming, crying, throwing up, literal tears in my eyes it was GOOD. I can't wait to start book 2 but at the same time I think I need a week to recover haha. I loved the modern setting, the way Bryce was more likeable/less annoying than SJM's other protagonists (at least to me), the slow burn romance between Bryce and Hunt, and the interesting side characters! I can't wait to see where this series goes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Medical content, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Death, Grief, Slavery, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Moderate: Torture, War, and Gore

nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Violence, Gore, Torture, Slavery, Blood, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

steeen's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

was a little hard to get into with the beginning being painfully slow but after that little bump, shit just goes flying and WE MOOOVVEEEE. 

much more plot than I got romance but I'm hoping book 2 makes up for it (literally edged for 800 pages do I not get ANYTHING??) 

the bits and pieces of the plot were predictable at times but woah at the last 400 pages, the bigger twists had me gagged LAWD. if it's one thing sjm knows how to write, it's gonna be action packed go go go type scenes like I wish this was made into a series so I could see the delivery of the action for real like like,,,, chef's kiss. no regrets 😤😤

are we not gonna talk about
1. Declan the IT guy being our true hero??? girl he must've had a tv production side hustle cus how does he have access to every angle imaginable AND 4k audio jfjdbd
2. Danika's inside out bingbong moment I'm cryingggg

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

lmcarr0314's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is so good. I actually could not put the book down for the last 200 pages or so. Do not let the size intimidate you because this book in my opinion is a must read of hers. This book also made me cry so fairwarning now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nattynatk's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book was so good. It made me feel so many things and miss Sarah does an amazing job of painting a picture and building a world, and also tearing your heart out and stomping on it and putting it back together again <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

britwalsh16's review

adventurous 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

I barely have any words! I am a very emotional person, & all the grief & loss in this book just tore me apart. BUT I loved every minute of it! I flew through this book, I could not put it down! 

Based on Sarah J Maas’ other books I kept expecting Hunt to flip a switch & become another Tamlin; but I am so glad that never happened! I love Bryce! & I love Hunt! I love Ruhn! & I loved Danika! And though I didn’t know him much, I loved Conner, & whenever Bryce talked about him, I always started tearing up! I teared up with Danika too. But something about the not knowing what could have been with Conner makes me super sad! Atleast with Danika she knew what they had, what they were. Conner never had that chance & it just kills me!

This book hit me in the feels sooo much, & I’m not fully healed from the last book I read either, so together, I’m just falling off a cliff! Thanks Romantasy books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Torture, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Classism, Death, Slavery, Abandonment, Gun violence, War, Confinement, Dysphoria, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Hate crime, and Eating disorder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Animal death, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders

tguccione's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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: Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Medical content, Police brutality, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, War, Abandonment, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Racism, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Genocide

4apricity's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Grief, and Bullying

ahbee_p_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Violence, Murder, Slavery, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content and Torture

elmsel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Too many unanswered questions throughout the book while it being 800 pages. I really like the book but somethings felt like they came out of nowhere. A lot of secrets kept from the reader about the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Medical content, Drug use, Blood, Bullying, Death, and Injury/Injury detail