Reviews tagging 'War'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

180 reviews

karly_ackley's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Death and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and War

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

Wow. This book is so action packed my jaw was on the floor a majority of the time. Probably one of the best SJM books and I am very excited for the next book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Violence

Moderate: Death, Torture, and War

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

I need some time to process this. Holy shit. I’ve never read 700 pages so fast in my life. I have so many questions. My heart, in pieces. My brain, on the wall. My soul, well… 
5 stars. Can’t wait for the next one. SJM if you fumble this as hard as ACOSF I will never recover. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jpfortmiller's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Slavery

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

anewton's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

An amazing plot, with the biggest twist at the end.  Characters are well developed and complex. 
It was truly a wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

mjscooke's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

SJM really knows how to write a third act! I definitely enjoyed the latter section of the book; it’s worth preserving through the slower earlier chapters. Overall it’s a solid fantasy novel with quest and rebellion threads and a lot a spicy scenes (honestly a bit much for me but totally on brand for SJM from what I can tell)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Death, Slavery, Blood, Stalking, Colonisation, and War

bookbuyingwithkatie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abbyreads23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

I’ve realllyyyy enjoyed the Crescent City series. The second installment was just as good as the first, I found the character development to be great, as well as the plot. I am not one to try to figure out where the author is leading me, as I really like the element of surprise so I am sure some people might expect the ending in some way but as for me, my jaw was on the floor. I find Sarah’s writing style to be great, the world-building and connection with every. single. character. keeps you coming back for more. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and War

kobookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? No

5.0

My favorite SJM book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and War