House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.4 AVERAGE

magnaraz117's review against another edition

4.75
challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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gerbilreads's review against another edition

3.0
Bleeding and pustulous. Satisfyingly grim, if a touch too bleak for me. But that’s grimdark innit.

lisagreen65's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
I really enjoyed this sequel, even more than the first book because it has more of a focus on one group of interesting characters 
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katesotejeffwilson's review against another edition

5.0
Colonial war from the field hospital. With gods and ghosts.

vero9964's review against another edition

4.75
dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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toreadornot's review against another edition

4.5
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

thoran's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging 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: Complicated

stepriot's review against another edition

3.0
Tchaikovsky seems to use up the best parts of his imagination in the first book of the series. If you want more fantasy, less horror and a much cleaner plot this is a title for you. I'm less interested in the horrors and injustices of colonialism. I was fascinated by all the Weird and uncanny. Tchaikovsky has a brilliant imagination for it. Maybe one day I'll find a series of his where he didn't reign it in so hard.

jenismo's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous funny reflective 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: Complicated

blaizefm's review against another edition

4.0
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
Loved it, despite characters suddenly changing in order to to get to certain plot beats. The ending was disappointing, and felt rushed. But for 3/4 of the book this was a 5/5.