Reviews tagging 'Death'

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

187 reviews

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Loved the book, I wish the ACOTAR characters had a bit more time in the books but I’m glad that Nesta was the main character in the crossover. I felt that everything kind of got summed up really nicely. Lidia probably turned out to be my favorite character, and the hint she’s related to Brannon, and therefore Aelin was wild. I do want to know what happened with Sathia and where Ariadne was considering she appears at the end and that’s the last of that chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, War, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Vomit, Death, Gore, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, and Torture

hematthews's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, War, Body horror, Gore, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Hate crime

dragonridingfaequeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Violence

be prepared for the emotions from the end of book 1 to hit you like a ton of bricks in this one/spoiler>

shellind75's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Colonisation, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Murder, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Slavery, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, War, Gun violence, and Sexual content

erinlynneee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Violence

Minor: Child death and Kidnapping

cheyannejeanette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Drug use and Kidnapping

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Physical abuse, Medical content, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Slavery, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

jades3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Genocide, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Slavery, Medical trauma, Cursing, Physical abuse, and Murder

bee_wuud's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

Bryce ♥️ second to Aelin for me for Maas’s FMCs. I love how full of confidence and full of herself she can be. 

As others have said, the threads Maas has laid through other books kind of came together here.

Lydia being a descendant of Aelin’s line ?!?! That got me big. Love how some characters got their dues and how it happened.

wish we had more of the princes of Hel - that whole part kind of felt rushed some. Honestly, the whole book felt a little rushed, but the chaos was 🤩

I can’t wait for the follow up of how they handle everything and what comes next. Love most of these characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Torture, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

huddle_dragon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Murder and Death