Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

La Casa di Terra e Sangue by Sarah J. Maas

208 reviews

gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

Original Read 4 ★ 

This was a reread for me and honestly it didn't hold up as I imagine. 
I found that I started disliking Hunt and Bryce's relationship in this book. For the most part I felt like it didn't work or was forced, which was a surprised to me as I liked it when I originally read this book.

With the exception of the relationship and Hunt annoying me for parts of the book, I really liked the story that was written. Whilst this is meant to be a romance book as well i found that I much preferred the moments without. The mystery didn't hit as hard this time around as I knew what was happening but it still held up and was what kept me going. The side characters are also strong in this series and I'm happy that we get more POVs in Sky and Breath. 

I do find it interesting how much an opinion can change between rereads. I remember very much enjoying this book but it was just a different experience the next time around.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcohol and Drug use

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

itsrenee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

4.25 stars because it took about 200 pages for stuff to kick off but once it did oh boy! I probably spent a lot of time with this book needing to pause and theorise myself. Despite how long it took me to get through it didn’t disappoint. I think I cried about 3 times reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Bullying and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

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

a_crazy_girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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: Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, War, and Drug use

zrvavrina18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Violence, War, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Medical content

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

vickyz_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Suicide attempt

drea_lupin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment, War, and Violence