Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas

63 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This didn’t really go the way I expected. Like at all. The author definitely left the door open for more books. The pacing was great, the characters stayed awesome, and the ending was solid. *spoilers*

My only beef was we didn’t spend near enough time in ACOTAR and the alpha mystic character was pointless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Genocide and Slavery

thecactusandthebooks's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I was disappointed in this book overall for the Crescent City series. Having to wait nearly two years for this book did not do it any favors. While it did give some of the things to long time readers we were looking for, most of book fell flat. The characters didn’t seem to grow from where they started. Many of the more interesting sub plots could have been explored in more detail and many just seemed forgotten by the end of the book. While SJM has been able to give readers many POVs before, it wasn’t as successful for me this time around. 

I was also frustrated that the bonus content was so spread out. She could have limited it or added it to a novella to release later. For one of my most anticipated reads this year, I was left wanting more. I still have hope that I will continue to love the worlds SJM creates but I am not going to be returning to Crescent City any time soon. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

🌶️.5/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and War

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Sexual violence, Murder, and Colonisation

keikiqueen's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My most anticipated book of the last two freaking years. s someone who waited and speculated for the realest….. it’s not what I thought it would be. It’s a lot darker, but also had so many happy moments. There was a plaint I was convinced there would be a. Book 4 but she managed to wrap it up in this one. I cried at the end. Also still forever pissed that ******spoilers…… no tog characters appeared by name*****

But the characters and there motivations and everything just ugh. Connor made me cry; my heart bleeds for Ithan always……… Ruhm yes. I think there will be another book cuz too many characters were left unfinished/unanswered.

https://www.reddit.com/r/crescentcitysjm/s/QPzwnnpuYH

Link to bonus chapters if anyone wants or cares

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail