Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Casa de Tierra y Sangre by Sarah J. Maas

234 reviews

loveletters_7's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Suicide attempt

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

4.75

This book was sooo good, and I thoroughly enjoyed the graphic audio. While this urban fantasy technically info-dumps at the beginning, it is written in such a way that you can breeze through the first 200 pages without paying too close attention and you can still get the gist of what is happening, with those info-dump ideas looping back. You are dropped into the world, which means if you get caught up on the info you might have a hard time getting into it. I love how Maas writes flawed characters that you still root for. And I cried multiple times in the last 30% of this book, so it was a huge winner for me. I can’t wait to start the next book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Police brutality, Medical content, and Sexual harassment

dirtylittlechai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Suicide attempt

storyoflife's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

The book pushes the narrative that the FL is fierce and independent of „alphamales“ to the point where she seems immature and childish. Furthermore, the portrayal of her actions and the actions of the other characters is very unbalanced? Especially her reactions to the perceived wrongdoing of other characters seem very dramatic, when one reflects on her own choices of actions (even worse are the PoVs of the characters that haven't warranted such reactions; they themselves are unaware and think in the same one-dimensional patterns).

I got very frustrated with her and the storyline because of that and wanted to stop reading multiple times. 

I did finish the book tho, because I adore every other character, especially the ML, her dead bestie and her older brother carried me through the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and War

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

pumpkaboola's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Medical trauma, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

kaattie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

pengellyn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Slavery and Violence

Moderate: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

stephaniemcuervo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Abandonment, and Colonisation

meg53's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts

miss_berry315's review against another edition

mysterious

3.5

Not what I was expecting, but not too mad at it. It felt like there was always so much to keep track of, so many places, types of beings, rules, characters etc that sometimes the plot felt a little lost in it all. 
A little predictable, but not horrible. 
Prepare to read the word "fuck" 400 times (not exaggerating).
The first book in a new world always feels a bit information heavy. The characters, especially side characters, are great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Domestic abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Death of parent