Reviews tagging 'Murder'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

410 reviews

itsrenee's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4.25 stars because it took about 200 pages for stuff to kick off but once it did oh boy! I probably spent a lot of time with this book needing to pause and theorise myself. Despite how long it took me to get through it didn’t disappoint. I think I cried about 3 times reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying and Slavery

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

I had a hard time getting into this one, it took two attempts to read it but I am so glad I stuck with it. I throughly enjoyed this book. this world, and these characters. The modern fantasy was definitely weird at first but I came to really like it. I’m not usually into mystery type books but I really liked that aspect of this book. The twists, turns, and surprises made it a page turner. I am excited to read the next book in the series and to get to know these characters even more. 

Bryce was not my favorite for a lot of the book but she grew on me so much that I really like her now. Her grief was very well written. Her growth and enduring love for her friends was beautiful to read. 
There were some things I was iffy on plot wise but they all got resolved pretty well by the end. The back and forth of thinking Danika was bad and good, not knowing who to trust, made it more suspenseful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

irb0red's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Drug use and Suicidal thoughts

zgreyz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

the writing style is super wordy. sometimes entire paragraphs are just one big run on sentence which was messing with me. and the constant male-female dichotomy language is annoying to me. 
the first 10-20 pages is so packed with character intros and world building that it was very overwhelming but once i got through that it did get interesting. i like the overall story. i like the main characters sometimes but i have my issues with them too. 
a couple of the big twists were predictable to me, predicted about 100 pages prior to but they were still good.  
i’m not personally into the “love conquers all” and “everything happens for a reason” mentalities that come up quite a few times either.  Regardless of my personal issues with it though, it was still a pretty entertaining book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Incest, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

ajourneythroughpages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mermaid_jpeg's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

the first bit is a little slow going but as a whole the book rips out your heart in the best way possible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicide

vienna_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

Spoilerfree review:

Did not know anything about the book before I started it and was pleasantly surprised! 

I usually don’t read urban fantasy but I loved the world and all the different magical inhabitants. The book has Fae, witches, demons, vampires, witches and much more. The main character has a strong personality and is pretty cunning. The plot kept me on my toes the whole time, since there was a big mystery to uncover. I think it became a little bit slow around the middle but it picked up again and even had me in tears a few times.

Recommend for all Romantasy fans :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

courteggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

a_crazy_girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and War