Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

28 reviews

reesespuff6's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Medical trauma, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Confinement, Gore, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Grief, Alcohol, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

evelinateran's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

This book shocked me. It was a little overwhelming at first but I was really invested in the world and some of these characters. Then all of the sudden, bam! Dead. My heart was broken and then I became even more invested. I felt like I was going through the stages of grief with the main character. Bryce is a badass and a love her smartassness. The murder mystery really held my interest and it was like my first fantasy who done it. It was so good. I will say I was sobbing by the end of this book. There is a line in there that is also in Throne of Glass (I won't include it for dramatic effect) but let me tell you I was a puddle of tears. I don't know how she keeps doing it but Sarah J Maas just keeps releasing absolute bangers when it comes to story telling. I will probably be emotionally destroying by the end of this series but hey! I am okay with that. Definitely recommending this to everyone I know.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Genocide, Mass/school shootings, and Gore

Minor: Sexual harassment and Suicidal thoughts

kyahs's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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

Absolutely loved this book and cannot wait for the next one. Sarah J Maas keeps me up at night again! BUT the blurb would have ruined a lot of it for me if I read blurbs, don't read it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, War, Gore, Addiction, Blood, Death, Animal cruelty, Torture, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Sexual content, Xenophobia, and Slavery

cady_sass's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

4.5 ⭐️ rounded up 
To think I almost DNFed this after 50 pages!!! Which is why I deduct half a star. The first few chapters are really hard to read, they’re nonsensical, lazy world building and make almost zero sense to the point where I felt compelled to put it down. Some friends convinced me it was worth the push so I started over and pushed through part 1, at which point I absolutely *devoured* the rest of the book. I didn’t guess any of the twists, I fell in love with all the characters, my heart broke and pieced itself back together and broke over and over again. Loved this. ACOTAR who? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Medical content, Vomit, Slavery, Alcoholism, Bullying, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Torture, War, Blood, Classism, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

lava_crown's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Grief, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Violence, Sexism, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Slavery, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Genocide, and Gun violence

cdoubet's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Sexism, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Minor: Abandonment

karapillar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

mrose44's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Classism, Sexual content, and Slavery

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, War, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

connygargiulo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Alcoholism, Classism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Drug use, Genocide, Murder, Suicide, and Vomit

forgetbeenot's review

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Concept is 5 stars, characters are 4 stars, execution is 2 stars. Someone should have edited the first 500 pages down to around half that for all they hold - if the first half had been anything like the last, it would’ve been at least a 4.5 star read. Also…why was the word “fuck” mentioned ten times per page? People don’t talk like that in real life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Torture, Cursing, Body shaming, War, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Classism, Violence, Xenophobia, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Addiction, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, and Alcoholism