Reviews tagging 'Gore'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

80 reviews

ay_reads_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

I can't even lie, when I first tried to read this book about a year ago, I had to DNF. Now that I have actually read it, I absolutely hate myself for not reading it sooner. I was so enamored by this book that I have pages and pages of notes. I drew out family trees. I felt like a detective reading this book. 

The amount of emotions I went through with this book is ridiculous, the twists and turns and surprises, I had no idea what was going to happen next. I'm now super nervous for the 3rd book... 

Like my heart is hammering writing this right now because 
Bryce ended up in Prythian!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Colonisation, and War

smkelly1997's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Overall, this is a great book. SJM is still introducing you to everything so at times things seem out of the blue but I feel like that’s the point. I would say, I think I liked CC1 better, however, when looking at the SJM universe in total this book provides so much context and clues that it bumped it from a 3.75 to a 4. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism

kshertz's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

I’m definitely hooked on these characters. The love stories mostly. But it’s a whole world built that now needs to be brought down. I’m enjoying all these very different people bringing it down. Personally a big fan of Ruhn but hate where his storyline went and Hypoxias too. But of course I’m hooked and will keep reading. Wondering how it’s all going to come together 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

This book was even better than House of Earth and Blood! Definitely had to push through to get to the good parts but like any SJM book, the last 100 pages HAD ME HOOKED and made the entire plot building up to it WORTH EVERY PAGE. I CANNOT WAIT to read CC3 in January!!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jlyles_177's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

elledanie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

anjasshelf'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

maggies's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Wowowow, what a great follow-up to CC#1. Totally devoured this book and I don't want to wait until 2024 for the third!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Slavery, Murder, and War

meredith_williams_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

The second installment of Crescent City was just as fun as the first! I loved that the author continued the mystery plot line from the first book. The cast of characters and the world building are excellent and the ending was such an exciting plot twist that has me especially excited for the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Blood, and Grief

Minor: Rape