Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

5 reviews

ladydeathnesta's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I feel like I’m cheating on Silver Flames because I don’t know if I like this one better.

I love them equally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Stalking, Car accident, Classism, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, War, Body horror, Murder, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cursing, Grief, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Dementia, Ableism, Animal death, Deportation, Drug use, Medical trauma, Rape, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Self harm, Suicide, and Trafficking

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

bookmarkplaces's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

4 stars for this book. This is was.. just WOW.

i’ve decided i’m going to try to keep this review short but i would just like to say this book was AMAZING and the world building was so detailed and well thought out omfg. Though the book was a little on the chaotic end at times which even though i kinda love this about it, it did make the book rather difficult to follow, *AHEM* second half of the book we’re looking at you! The info dumping did get a bit much in this book at times, but the characters were so strong that imo this is SJMs best work. So many memorable side characters as well as how Bryce’s and Hunt’s trauma felt so real istg i was *this* close to sobbing my heart raw the book is POWERFUL with a capital P. Not to mention the ending, regardless being all over the place plot wise and (minor spoiler) UNNECESSARY CHARACTER DEATH it left me on the edge of my seat it was ✨spellbounding✨

On top of this though, the book is full of complex, interesting characters. The love interest Hunt is clearly presented as a shady, morally grey protagonist who you can tell loves Bryce deeply in his own way but several of his choices.. uhh shall we say are ✨questionable✨ to say the least. I must admit i’m intrigued where SJM will go with his character in the sequel.

SJM did a spectacular job with this one - I absolutely cannot stop thinking about this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Death, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Violence and Suicide attempt

Minor: Vomit, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury

booksanna's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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

An emotional wreck that sparked feelings of euphoria in me. I can only explain the plot-twists as cliche and both not cliche. I love the bond between the characters. Main character is op. This also has the most holy friendship I’ve ever seen. When the attack on defender happened i wanted to wreck my soul in piece. Only minus was there was a lot of inappropriate language, but honestly the swear words and everything suited the book well. I loved the relationship between people. The plot is a chef’s kiss. 5/5 because it was super good. And the suspense was good to, and sacred Urd the foreshadowing is crazzzzyy. Like really messed up stuff that you remember mid story that wrecks the hole perspective of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

ruthiedr89's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders