Reviews - House of Sky and Breath (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

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House of Sky and Breath (2 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Sarah J. Maas

4.44 AVERAGE

godxless's review

4.0

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

arandomro's review

4.5

adventurous challenging 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

riss_ann92's review

5.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tmdav_'s review

5.0

Re-read. The connectionnnnn, stuffs heating upppp

snookums311's review

4.0

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

This wasn't quite as good as the first Crescent City book, but this was still a book I greatly enjoyed. Interestingly enough, there is more angst in this book than the first and for once, it comes from the MMC, not the FMC. There are some points the feel like they are ret-cons, but nowhere near as bad as in ACOTAR.

I still don't really like Bryce, though. She seems to suffer from the same illness as Violet in Fourth Wing: she thinks she's entitled to know everything about a person if they are close to her. She spends most of the book completely incredulous that her deceased best friend would have had secrets that Bryce didn't know and is pissed off about it. A lot of her motivations for doing what she does aren't necessarily because she is a Good Guy and it's the Right Thing to Do, but because she just wants to know what Danica was keeping from her.

The side characters still shine though. Ruhn and Tharion are probably two of favorite characters in any series I've read so far this year. Ruhn is actually getting close to Mat Cauthon-level favorite.