Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

20 reviews

rakizaka's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Drug use

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

It's slow to read for the first 2/3 of the book, it starts twisting and turning after that and the end leaves the reader a bit bewildered and anxious about the next book. Not her best, good. Hoping that the rest of the series improves. Still excessive use of the word F--- which is fine but it's like a word just discovered by a child and is somehow used at least once a page. 

Severe lack of diversity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Police brutality, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, War, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Incest, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Torture, Suicide, Pedophilia, Murder, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity

sara_dogs_and_dragons's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

HOSAB is a very unbalanced book focusing on character relationships for 85% of the book, leaving the plot and the world building very sketched out and underdeveloped.
However, I had the fun reading about Bryce, Hunt and the constellation of characters around her. I also loved what the author started at the end, but I hope that she will invest more space in the plot and lore in the next books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Toxic relationship

Combined marriages

katymat18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

clairew97's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Colonisation, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Body horror, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, and Misogyny

potatoreader26's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

So I really do love this series, just can’t give it 5 stars because it didn’t absolutely rip my heart out like HOEAB did (the first in the series). Still really great, though I will say it felt like some things were thrown in there either just to juice it up or because SJM was going in a different direction originally and had to change. I will say the ending had me rereading it about 20 times and I will admit I screamed when I finally managed to put the book down.

I do feel a little like some of the things with Danika was just pulled out of thin air and had no basis formed in the first book. It felt like her being “secretive” was the reason for everything and there wasn’t any “oh yeah x makes  sense cause of y”, you know?

Super excited for the next one, just hope that 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

verk's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cursing, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, and Blood

liaandersson's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

Holy shitfuck. This is my favourite Sarah J Maas series so far. I love the story, the characters and the setting. I am in constant awe how well thought out these books are. Information that was dumped upon us on some random page in the first book come back to make itself relevant again. Ever word she writes will come back to claim its meaning and I enjoy every second of it. This ending will keep me in knots until the next book comes out, and I simply can not wait for that day to arrive. Have a sexy, feisty, funny and emotional read with this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Death, Grief, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Body shaming

maria109's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Body shaming, Violence, Gun violence, Slavery, Sexual content, War, and Sexism

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Alcohol, and Domestic abuse

novacaine's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Not my favorite of her books, but I still loved it. Pacing went from slow motion to sprinting and then back again and mainly felt like a setup for what's to come. Still loved it, thanks to the characters and SJM's writing. A little scared about what's next, but I'm very excited as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Slavery

Moderate: Child abuse, War, and Rape

Minor: Drug use