Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The House of Always by Jenn Lyons

7 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gore

Minor: Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Cursing, Homophobia, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Genocide, Cannibalism, and Mental illness

codyemma's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Death, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Eating disorder and Gaslighting

chattie_the_mad_chatter's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

This series hits new levels with book 3 and then continues in this book. All the ground of the first 2 books are massively paying off! 

I love the storytelling frame of these (I don't care how realistic people find it - the ride is fantastic) but just having a group of characters we love all in the same place reliving moments that lead to how they got there, with all the messy-ness of those reveals is so delicious!

There's a very key plot point this book needs to unpack and I think it reflects the importance of it giving the big moment we left on in book 3.

This is a huge moment for all the characters to sort themselves out, deal with their fears, mistrust, anger, love and all the ships! 

I love seeing some of my favourites from book one back in the spotlight as well as loving all of our mains and their frenemies! 

Jen Lyons dialogue rich in snark and sarcasm (snarckasim if you will) is always the shiny star of this series, still just having the edge for me over her incredibly well thought out plot that we now see piecing together beautifully 

Terrified and delighted to get to the final installment and conclude this fantastic chaotic amazing series that I have fallen in love with!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

lilifane's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

I'm... literally speechless.

This is perfection.

At least for me. I know these books have flaws and are not for everyone. But for me, every single book in the series is uniquely perfect on its own. And the series is one of my all-time favorites already. I want to read book 5 immediately, but I'm also not ready yet to let these characters go. None of them, especially after this book.

It's so hard to talk about this book without spoilers. Just know that what it did was so important to me. And I don't think it has been done in any other epic fantasy series before, where a group of people has to work together. It focuses so much on each and every character, main and supporting ones, as well as their relationships to each other. I used to joke that this book is one big group therapy session... but there is nothing to joke about because that is exactly what it is. And this theme is woven through the whole plot, and it's accentuated through the narrative structure. And the ending? OMG, that hit SO hard. I can't believe how perfectly the small details fit together. I am in awe of Jenn Lyons. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy

readwithanne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

lycanhood's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Sexual violence

kylieqrada's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

This series never fails to disappoint, and I was so psyched to realize this isn't the final book like I thought it was!! There isn't much I can say about this, as it's the fourth installment in an insanely well-developed epic fantasy series. But basically, sh!t gets real, the polyamorous relationship I've been dying for becomes canon, and insane twists and turns made this book impossible to put down. I already loved this series with my whole heart, but Jenn Lyons just had to take it one step further by adding ace rep and fat positivity just for me. Such an easy 5 ⭐s. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence