Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

93 reviews

katiegraham00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Pros: action packed, crazy reveals, badass female main character, good steam
Cons: too long, convoluted world building, poor character development

Kind of disappointed in this one. The world is really confusing and there were far too many details to keep up with. Took me forever to get into the book. But the wrost thing were the characters. I really liked Bryce but all if the other characters felt thin and distant. The relationship between Hunt and Bryce was pretty unbelievable too, all tell and no show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, and Medical content

Moderate: Torture and Suicidal thoughts

sooaery's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Drug use, Slavery, Classism, Cursing, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Torture, Confinement, Misogyny, and Vomit

Minor: Hate crime, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Child abuse

icy_queen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Highly recommend it if Urban High Fantasy with Fae and other mystical creatures suits your taste. It is an emotion rollercoaster with many plot twists and subplots (also a little bit of romance and a tiny bit of spice) in an interesting world setting with amazing, lovable & hateable characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Slavery, War, Classism, Vomit, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Sexism, Racism, and Racial slurs

karen191's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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… can’t believe I’m giving this 5 stars, but I had so much fun reading this novel. I stayed up late reading it, and seriously considered calling out of work so that I could read the last 100 pages. 
I didn’t believe the other reviews on how you’d never expect who done it, but, they weren’t lying! I had to put the book down for a little when it was revealed. 
10/10 will read again 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Gore

Moderate: Medical content, Death, and Alcoholism

essie__reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I screamed. I cried. I gasped. I fell in love with these characters and their relationships with one another. If there's one thing SJM can do it is portray loyal, loving friendships. This book had some heavy topics surrounding grief and loss (see CWs) but they were handled so well. The world building took me a bit to get into but then I was hooked after the first 100 pages haha. This might be one of my favorite SJM books now (having read all but CC2 at this point). It wasn't as romance heavy as the ACOTAR series but the flirting, banter and the beginning of relationships was all present (hopefully some of these will continue in CC2). There was still some smut present and this is definitely not a YA book. I thought the pacing of this book flowed smoother than ACOTAR or TOG making it easier to digest. The plot is basically a murder mystery and I didn't find any of the major plot points to be predictable. I highly recommend this book!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Violence, and Slavery

Moderate: Drug use and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, War, and Medical content

princessrory's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Drug use, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Slavery

Moderate: War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder and Fire/Fire injury

boba_n_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SJM has gotten more in-depth with her world building and story telling throughout the years. This first installment in the Crescent City series is incredible. The diversity in magic and magical species that was lacking in her other books shines through in HOEAB. Though the characters may be somewhat annoying at times, they grow so much as the plot develops, and the world itself makes up for it tenfold. I can’t wait to read the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, War, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Gore, Alcohol, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

lava_crown's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

2024 re-read: i take back everything i said the first read. The CC books are so so good and HOEAB is most definitely NOT boring. Idk how I ever felt that way! 

Original review: 
Honestly i was bored for a good chunk. Not bored-bored but I kept having to encourage myself knowing that SJM likes to make her books bottom heavy. The last 200 pages or so were worth it, but man is it a slog. I feel like we could have shaved off 200-250 pages and still told the same story and built the same world.

Speaking of world building, it’s a neat contrast from the usual “medieval-like” fantasy worlds a lot of fantasy takes place in. The modern aspects matched with interesting, unique character traits do buoy this book and potentially the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Slavery, Alcohol, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, and War