401 reviews for:

House of Open Wounds

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.4 AVERAGE

dbcrumpets's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny 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: Yes

theanswerisbooks's review against another edition

4.0

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mrshuisman's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stevengebelin's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional 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

jdaigle's review against another edition

4.5

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: Yes

stokesiedgt's review against another edition

5.0

fast-paced

ishkur's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective 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: Yes

nerissassippi's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

chefjones's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous 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

j_the_human's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Pros:
- so I’m frothing at the mouth about this
- I am still in awe of Tchaikovsky’s ability to have such a sprawling cast of characters and yet make you intimately aware of all of them and their motivations
- the ending is so delightfully clever I *screamed*
- weirdly I would almost say this is literary fiction? The way we’re just watching this small portion of a war camp, this impossible hospital and what they’re doing, how they’re chafing against both the horrors they’ll inflict if they *do* heal and the ones they’ll earn if they don’t and I just- AHHHHH 
- Maric Jack you dumb, dumb man 
- god <3 cranky bastard 
- okay I’m gonna be so real I started out expecting Banders to be my favorite character and came out of it obsessed with Lochiver??? Who am I 
- I cried twice. I don’t think anyone else will, but I did 
- I’m also obsessed with Mazdek. Can I pledge? Tally come here I just have some questions— 
- WHY IS THE MAGIC SO COOL GODDAMN 
- there is a floating wizard tower what else do I need to say 
- I too would want to fuck the demon, I get it 
- let’s get into ✨demon world politiiiiiics✨
- will I wait for book club to read book 3? Signs point to no 

Cons:
- I will slap you across the face 
- wait I lied I miss Ruslav 

Overall: 
GOOD