Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

44 reviews

hapalyn's review against another edition

dark funny 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

5.0

Everything about this was what I wanted!!! I was hoping for more Bryce x Hunt dynamics but with so many side characters there was no time to cover that. I'm hoping that some day in the future, Sarah J. Maas will write some awesome novellas or future books detailing some of the side characters more. 

Such a fast read, yet it felt like so long at the same time. 

As for the ACOTAR crossover, I feel satisfied with how it was handled. There wasn't enough involvement there to make the series too intertwined. I almost feel like Crescent City is just the backstory for all of the lore in ACOTAR. I think it gives ACOTAR more depth, but readers who don't care to read all of CC can still read ACOTAR and be satisfied. Lots of Nesta, which was awesome because she's my favorite. I am excited to see where the ACOTAR series goes after reading this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Colonisation

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Excrement

selena13's review

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

sinasbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

1.0

this was truly trash, i could start a podcast with how much i have to say about how terrible this was 

i expected a slowburn from sjm but this was just sooooooo boring. this was 700 pages of cliffhangers that never fell, info dumps, random povs, gimmicks, and twists with no satisfying plot, character development, or emotional depth to give any of them merit. the other 200 pages were a happy, predictable ending that did not make it a good book

even the minor things that had potential to redeem it fell flat and carried no weight in the grand scheme of things

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

booksandteatime's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and War

gemma_clare's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Slightly underwhelming but still a good read. This book somehow simultaneously moves too fast and too slow and was a bit of a slog to get through. It also lacked so much of the emotional depth of characters and relationships we’ve come to know and love from SJM. It’s also inconsistent with previous books imo - previously unkillable, god-like characters get taken down like some run of the mill villain and so many things just seem to happen way to conveniently to be fully believable. Overall felt rushed. A fine read, but not what I expected for CC3. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

ninaobw's review

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

traceyanderson's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

howboutjane's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

Perfection. That's all I have. This book is utter perfection. 😩

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, and War

heidishartrandnewell's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism

kera_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and War

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail