Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

118 reviews

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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: Gaslighting, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Genocide, Sexual content, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Classism, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

sannesbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

These books have heavy mystery/detective storylines. If you enjoy that and fantasy/romance this is the perfect serie for you. 

I was personally a bit dissapointed that this leaned so much toward mystery/detective because I didn't expect it to be like this and I think it should have been made clear in the description. I do enjoy mystery/thriller type of books, but I personlly find all the detective work in this book a bit boring.  It's dragging on and on with about 700! pages of detective work. I am more interested in the action scenes and the magic. I find these very entertaining! 

And maybe it's an unpopular opinion, but I don't really care (that deeply) about the romance in these books. I am way more interested in the friendships!

The book would have been better if it was shorter in my opinion, but o verall it was an entertaining read and I definitely want to pick up the next book! Especially because of that ending! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, War, Murder, and Slavery

jcrawford31's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Vomit, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and War

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Slavery, and Panic attacks/disorders

carolinesoverbooked's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Death, Murder, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Body shaming, Torture, Drug use, and Alcohol

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was even better than House of Earth and Blood! Definitely had to push through to get to the good parts but like any SJM book, the last 100 pages HAD ME HOOKED and made the entire plot building up to it WORTH EVERY PAGE. I CANNOT WAIT to read CC3 in January!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Physical abuse, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

eabecker05's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Slavery, Death, Torture, and Child abuse

Minor: Addiction and Bullying

jlyles_177's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, Torture, War, Cursing, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

elledanie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Slavery, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Rape, Torture, Vomit, War, Child death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, and Pregnancy

colorwriter's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.0

I love the world that SJM has built and find all the characters loveable. I do feel like this was a step down from the first book as to depth of plot. In the second half the spice level upped quite a bit and I found myself frustrated with the characters because the plot line was on a time crunch and this is really what your focusing on over and over again instead of the missing kid you're desperate to protect?

That said I enjoyed the expansion of the CC world beyond the confines of Lunathion and exploring the impact of the war on the continent. I hope the next book delivers on the highly anticipated plot and probable crossover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, War, Murder, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

em_chata's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

I can’t believe the fucking ending of this book. Sarah J Maas really said “ima just do a crossover, why not?” After making Feyre a baby machine in ACOTAR. Goddamn it. I hope my poor baby Ruhn is okay. 🥺

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Death, and Slavery

Moderate: Sexual violence, War, and Murder

Minor: Infertility