House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.4 AVERAGE

sheepishly's review against another edition

3.0
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

acezekiel's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
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teenytabris's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny 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

futuregazer's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes
Excellent! Not much time for an in depth review, but this was quite good. Less technically masterful than the previous entry in the series, but I would expect that, and am happy to see more of the world. This series continues to be  weirdly resonant with Discworld, though in a quite serious way, sometimes edging into slightly from, but only just. The humor is amazing, and though subtle and dry. I nearly laughed myself off the road when God had an opinion about drowning people. And I was surprised by just how loveable I found the "Nobby Nobs" equivalent, rather than just tolerably bemusing.

larry4444's review against another edition

3.75
medium-paced

froilan's review against another edition

4.75
adventurous challenging dark reflective 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

bookworm13204's review against another edition

4.5
dark 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

carliereadsstuff's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hankdanger's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous dark 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

curiouscat26's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Fantastic war novel set in the hospital tent, staffed by refugee gods and their acolytes, in a fantasy war zone. Hits all the right notes of a good war novel while still including fantasy worldbuilding--a real feat.