403 reviews for:

House of Open Wounds

Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.4 AVERAGE

charliew12's review against another edition

4.0

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I've been meaning to give this author a try and was lucky enough to recieve an e-ARC. I rated this 3.5 stars rounding up because it was nearly a 4.

This book grabbed me right at the start. I found the world and the magic system intriguing. I didn't realise until about halfway that it was a sequel but you don't really need to read book 1 to understand the story.

The book follows a cast of loveable characters who work in a magical field hospital in a war camp. The tone is witty and light-hearted even whilst dealing with the serious issues of war and empires.

I loved the start and the end but I found the middle a bit of a slog. Theres not a huge amount of plot, you are following the characters as the war camp moves from place to place. The characters and their backgrounds make it worthwhile though.

Ultimately this was a reasonably good book which has made me intrigued to read more from this author, starting with book 1 of this series

jess_reads1000's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

rev_blr's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edibui's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny reflective 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

queques's review against another edition

5.0

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Somehow even better than the first!

krjod's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

summober's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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

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Bloody brilliant 

andreeavis's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective slow-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

sawyer_obrien's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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

roastwalrus's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective 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: Complicated