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House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

197 reviews

leeeleee7's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

haileyrr's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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

5.0

Wow just wow. From beginning to end I kept finding myself unable to put the book down.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder

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

dorin_d's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

this book combined two of my favourite genres: fantasy and mystery! the last two hundred or so pages had me hooked with all the plot twists. my only complaints are that there is quite of bit of info-dumping of the world of Midgard and it’s hierarchies in only the first couple chapters, and that the ending felt like something like a disney movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, and Violence

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

jevette15's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Suicidal thoughts

poisonviolet's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

YES YES YES! Reading this felt like watching Agents of SHIELD or another Marvel show but in the realm of fantasy (Yes I know Marvel is technically fantasy/science fiction), scratch that, this was a Marvel universe made by Sarah J Maas. Two of my favorite things here people! 

To the root of it, this is a story of a young woman dealing with the grief of a close friend during a vulnerable time of life. The best parts of this book were part 3 and 4. The first two parts were good and still managed to keep me hooked, its just the world building had to be done and honestly, props to her for doing it in such a short amount of time. If I were trying to write out the intricate and expansive world that this takes place in, I would be yapping for the length of the entire series just trying to make myself understand the rules of the world. Anyways, parts 3 and 4 were the moments I couldn’t put the book down. The angst and hurt/comfort were just incredible. 

To sum it up in even less words…. a girl, her cat, and her dead best friend are unstoppable. A sentence I find myself relating to on the rare occasion I have an ounce of confidence in my bones. ANYWAYS, this book was very good. Sarah J Maas knows how to punch me in the gut and somehow make it so I’m the one thanking her for doing so. I am both terrified and excited to read the second book. 

Blah blah blah, thanks for reading my yapping  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

carlyjoann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I had a hard time getting into this one, it took two attempts to read it but I am so glad I stuck with it. I throughly enjoyed this book. this world, and these characters. The modern fantasy was definitely weird at first but I came to really like it. I’m not usually into mystery type books but I really liked that aspect of this book. The twists, turns, and surprises made it a page turner. I am excited to read the next book in the series and to get to know these characters even more. 

Bryce was not my favorite for a lot of the book but she grew on me so much that I really like her now. Her grief was very well written. Her growth and enduring love for her friends was beautiful to read. 
There were some things I was iffy on plot wise but they all got resolved pretty well by the end. The back and forth of thinking Danika was bad and good, not knowing who to trust, made it more suspenseful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Vomit

pastorscratchy1reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

stailysh1's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

This book is phenomenal and exceeded all of my expectations!  I understand the hype around Sarah J Maas now.  The world of the book is interesting and feels like no other book I've read.  The characters are amazing.  This book is dark, but also so funny at times.  The main character, Bryce, might be my favorite book character ever.  The last 200 or so pages had me in such a grip that I crammed the 800 page book into my carry on for a flight because I could NOT put it down!  Amazing book.  Cannot recommend it enough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide attempt