Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

71 reviews

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

shan_lou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• 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, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail

molly_love's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

OMG, this thing must have been sent to me from the heavens. I would give up my soul to be able to read this book for the first time again. I just cant really explain it, it drew me in, it kept me interested, waiting for the build up, the problem the everything was done so well Its just amazing I cant believe I have to wait for the third book.

This book should be written in the history books all over the world.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

erkietheturkey's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

imcourtneymarie's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

I liked this one more than CC1 but points taken off for some of the unnecessary smut. I don’t mind spice but i found myself glossing over those moments towards the end because they weren’t adding anything to the plot (which i deeply enjoy!) 

Loved the OMG moments throughout. Lots to think about. Can’t wait for CC3 👀

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Death of parent, and Alcohol

helloimjacq's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I didn’t love the second book as much as the first one, but this was still a 5 star read. The story was a bit slow for this book, and I want to say this was more of a filler book (sets the story up perfectly for the next book though). There was a lot of character growth and you get to know some new characters as well. It’s a long book so come prepared (took me a week which is pretty slow for me). The ending was definitely worth it though! I need the third book now please!!! 

Just a side note, if you haven’t read A Court of Thorns and Roses, I highly recommend reading that series before this book to better understand Sarah’s writing style as well as certain themes/nuances. I would say it’s not 100% necessary but it’s the best way to familiarize yourself with certain aspects present in her worlds (overall it makes the breakdown of this series much more interesting).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Torture, and Death of parent

wackly93's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Drug use and Colonisation

haleyneedsalife's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Classism

anastashamarie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4.25/5. I feel like everyone is rating this purely on the last pre-epilogue chapter if I'm being honest, but I'm trying to be objective here. I'm gonna keep this short and sweet because I feel like anything more would be spoiler central...

First 1/2 to 2/3 of the book is a 3/5. The pacing was slow. The plot was unnecessarily convoluted, with tons of dead ends that didn't really move the story forward imho. I honestly put the book down multiple times to read other things because it just wasn't keeping my interest that well. But we got lots of Bryce and Hunt and lots of friendship moments (both of which I love) so I'm not too mad at it.

Last 30-40% of the book is solidly 4.5 stars, however. After the first half drug on, the pacing was cranked up to 1000, and I felt like I couldn't put it down in the way I've felt about other SJM books. The last 300 or so pages were very intense, to the point that, as I neared the climax of the story, my husband asked "why I was so jimoy and breathing heavily."

And yes, that ending has me VERY intrigued and VERY excited to see what comes next. But I don't think that it's fair to call this 5 stars just because I like where SJM is taking her storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and War

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Blood, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Torture

theoceanrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault