Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

118 reviews

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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, Sexual content, Misogyny, Blood, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Classism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, and Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

datskira's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Cursing, Alcohol, Blood, Violence, Death, Sexual content, Torture, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, and Physical abuse

nataliebootlah's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

Let me put it this way: this book did not need to be 800 pages. It simply didn’t. But the absolute cliffhanger at the end made it worth getting through all of the fluff. 

Bryce and Hunt return…with all the twists, turns, danger, and detective work that they’re known for. And that’s about all I can say without spoiling anything!

If you read it, pleaaasseeee message me so we can discuss everything that happened and the theories of future books. This book had an ungodly amount of information packed into it, no doubt clues of what’s to come next. And now I have to wait who knows how long for the next book to come out. 
*dramatic sigh* 
🌙

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

jades3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Gun violence, Murder, and Torture

bookishlysophie's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-paced

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

4.0

My only critique of this book, and the series is general, is that it’s so long. It would’ve been easier to digest broken down into smaller books. Yet whilst the story was slow to get going, the plot twist at the end saved it. I’d still recommend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder and War

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I liked this one more than CC1 but points taken off for some of the unnecessary smut. I don’t mind spice but i found myself glossing over those moments towards the end because they weren’t adding anything to the plot (which i deeply enjoy!) 

Loved the OMG moments throughout. Lots to think about. Can’t wait for CC3 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Murder, Colonisation, and Blood

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Alcohol, and Infertility

lara_bk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Emotional abuse

helloimjacq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I didn’t love the second book as much as the first one, but this was still a 5 star read. The story was a bit slow for this book, and I want to say this was more of a filler book (sets the story up perfectly for the next book though). There was a lot of character growth and you get to know some new characters as well. It’s a long book so come prepared (took me a week which is pretty slow for me). The ending was definitely worth it though! I need the third book now please!!! 

Just a side note, if you haven’t read A Court of Thorns and Roses, I highly recommend reading that series before this book to better understand Sarah’s writing style as well as certain themes/nuances. I would say it’s not 100% necessary but it’s the best way to familiarize yourself with certain aspects present in her worlds (overall it makes the breakdown of this series much more interesting).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Colonisation, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Murder, Classism, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Torture, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Drug use

katbsc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SARAH, WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Minor: Body horror, Colonisation, Child abuse, and Child death

tanvi45's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Murder, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and War

Minor: Rape