Reviews tagging 'Grief'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

80 reviews

tguccione's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexism, Classism, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Murder, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, War, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Confinement

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This was everything a sequel should be, imo. All the chaos from the first book needed to be processed while power players moved and planned.

This was a perfect villain story for the Asteri akin to Empire Strikes Back. It was set up and played beautifully, and honestly saved this book from being simply another grand romantasy.

The pacing for the twists and truth behind actions was perfect; though the rebel movement storyline did not make much sense to me, it set up the broader world and bigger threats very well.

Bryce was a bit annoying, and Hunt was a bit underwhelming, but the supporting cast was absolutely incredible. Team Ruhn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Classism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Cursing, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, Colonisation, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Alcohol, Grief, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Confinement, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Infidelity, Infertility, and Rape

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? No

5.0

Holy shit!! The last 50 pages man.. HOLY SHIT!!! 🤯 I have no words. I’m just in awestruck at everything that was revealed! And that ending!!! I cannot wait to start on book 3!!! Sarah J Maas has done it again. I love her books so much!!! I’m in awe!!! 🖤
I honestly don’t know what else to say without spoilers!! Just read it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, War, Classism, Slavery, Grief, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Infidelity, Torture, Rape, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Confinement

Minor: Genocide, Addiction, Child abuse, Vomit, and Alcohol

lily_jasmine's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Grief

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Suicide attempt

jennipea382's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, and Colonisation

Minor: Torture, Alcohol, Grief, Child death, and Rape

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Blood, Gore, Murder, Cursing, Violence, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Grief, and Rape

deshanejt's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Blood, Sexual content, Slavery, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Torture, Colonisation, and Grief

Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Infertility

justqueue's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Colonisation, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual assault, Alcohol, War, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Confinement

spicycronereads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

The plot of this one got pretty convoluted at times. And the pacing was off.

I guessed who Day was very early on (from the first time she was yanked out by her lover) so that plot twist didn’t t feel quite so twisty

But the last 25%…damn. And even along the way it was fun to read Bryce and Hunt and their dynamic with other characters. 

Most of the characters in this one return from the first one but the diverse representation improves a bit. We see slightly more explicit queer relationships among secondary characters. A few new characters are described as more explicitly analogous to Black racial identities in our world. For example brown or dark brown skin instead of tan; tightly coiled hair, and so forth. (Side note: Does anyone else find it weird that the River Queen’s Daughter does not have a name???)

The spice elevated over the last one. Nowhere near the best in the ACOTAR series but there is more than the last book in this series. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Overall I mostly enjoyed it though it dragged at times and at other times seemed unnecessarily complicated. The ending redeems it. I cried during some of the final 25%. I’m excited to see where the next one goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and War

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

Overall, this is a great book. SJM is still introducing you to everything so at times things seem out of the blue but I feel like that’s the point. I would say, I think I liked CC1 better, however, when looking at the SJM universe in total this book provides so much context and clues that it bumped it from a 3.75 to a 4. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Classism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Colonisation, and Grief