Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

La Casa di Terra e Sangue by Sarah J. Maas

133 reviews

ggirl2k's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Drug use, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, and Mental illness

zgreyz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

the writing style is super wordy. sometimes entire paragraphs are just one big run on sentence which was messing with me. and the constant male-female dichotomy language is annoying to me. 
the first 10-20 pages is so packed with character intros and world building that it was very overwhelming but once i got through that it did get interesting. i like the overall story. i like the main characters sometimes but i have my issues with them too. 
a couple of the big twists were predictable to me, predicted about 100 pages prior to but they were still good.  
i’m not personally into the “love conquers all” and “everything happens for a reason” mentalities that come up quite a few times either.  Regardless of my personal issues with it though, it was still a pretty entertaining book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Torture, Death, Slavery, Cursing, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Misogyny, Medical content, Infidelity, Blood, Addiction, War, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Incest

pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Drug abuse, Violence, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Cursing, Vomit, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gun violence, and Blood

vienna_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

Spoilerfree review:

Did not know anything about the book before I started it and was pleasantly surprised! 

I usually don’t read urban fantasy but I loved the world and all the different magical inhabitants. The book has Fae, witches, demons, vampires, witches and much more. The main character has a strong personality and is pretty cunning. The plot kept me on my toes the whole time, since there was a big mystery to uncover. I think it became a little bit slow around the middle but it picked up again and even had me in tears a few times.

Recommend for all Romantasy fans :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Murder, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, War, Sexual content, Racism, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

fernwehlaurel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Murder, Slavery, War, Death, Drug use, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal death

sweetordinary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War, Torture, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Alcoholism, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

kitkat562's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Honestly, the second time reading this was even more fun than the first. I really picked up on the small kernels of info that SJM spreads throughout the book by re-reading it. This book contains one of my favorite scenes I’ve read in any book so far, and is the only book to make me bawl like a baby. Such a heartfelt ending ♥️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Death, Murder, War, Gore, and Slavery

hilary_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Death, Murder, Cursing, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide attempt

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

So so so good, really challenged my world building skills at the beginning but once I got a hang of it it went super fast! Of course the last 100 pages had every twist and turn imaginable and I loved every second of it. I thought no other SJM series could match up with ACOTAR for me, but I 100% fell in love with these characters and this world. 1,000,000/10!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Slavery, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Death, Grief, Physical abuse, Addiction, Gore, Misogyny, War, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Torture, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Murder, and Violence