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A review by cynthia21
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
3.0
Overall, this book is fine but nowhere near the writing and storytelling of ACOTAR or TOG. My least favorite book from SJM, so far.
This was so long for no reason, and the information dump was a lot to digest. All of the SJMisms were so blatant in this book. All of the characters felt like a diluted mix of characters I’ve met in her other books. The wording and phrases were repetitive, and it felt like SJM was copying and pasting straight from her other books. Maybe if I read this before ACOTAR or TOG, the story would be fresh and enjoyable. However, it was so predictable. Hunt and Bryce are a knock off of another couple in TOG but without the love and depth.
The writing is so cringy and too try hard at times.
The last 150 pages were interesting, but getting there was slow. I’ll still read the next books because I know SJM, and her book series start with a weaker first book and get so much better :((
This was so long for no reason, and the information dump was a lot to digest. All of the SJMisms were so blatant in this book. All of the characters felt like a diluted mix of characters I’ve met in her other books. The wording and phrases were repetitive, and it felt like SJM was copying and pasting straight from her other books. Maybe if I read this before ACOTAR or TOG, the story would be fresh and enjoyable. However, it was so predictable. Hunt and Bryce are a knock off of another couple in TOG but without the love and depth.
The writing is so cringy and too try hard at times.
The last 150 pages were interesting, but getting there was slow. I’ll still read the next books because I know SJM, and her book series start with a weaker first book and get so much better :((