Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

204 reviews

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

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

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

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

csmoke85's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Violence, Sexual content, Cursing, Murder, and Grief

krhammonds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, War, Slavery, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

jsteinle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

What a whirlwind! Not sure why i’m always skeptical if i’ll like another SJM series because i get so attached to the last one. Surprised yet not surprised that I liked this start equally as much as ACOTAR and TOG (and side note: I’m glad I read it in the recommended order of the former then the latter then this). First 100 pages are confusing but trust me the juice is worth the squeeze. Modern romantasy murder mystery that kept me guessing. Emotional whiplash in the last two parts of the book. Crying in the last 100 pages should be expected at this point. Great setup for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, and Drug use

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Murder, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, War, Sexual content, Racism, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

anndreya's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Minor: Deadnaming, Slavery, Blood, Body shaming, and Torture

shellanor_rigby's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Cursing

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty

hilary_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Gun violence, Alcohol, and Slavery

Minor: Suicide attempt

jessnotjen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.5

Took a while to build the momentum of enjoyment but then couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Blood, Gore, Murder, War, Drug abuse, Body horror, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence

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