Reviews tagging 'Blood'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

350 reviews

nmjezebel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This is my favorite book so far by Sarah J Maas and I’ve read her 3 most famous series. It is difficult and brutal and honest and surprising. She makes you feel scornful of the main characters but then deeply redeems them as complicated people. I don’t think the second book lives up to this one, which is a shock to the system having just finished Throne of Glass.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Animal cruelty, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War

kristanjenkins's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Alcohol

elzaaa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

amesgeliebter's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.5

My Catholic upbringing means I never thought about an angel having sex. This book changed that for me, and now there’s no going back. Thanks, SJM. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Murder, War, and Classism

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture and Abandonment

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

pelucaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence

emilythestrang3's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad slow-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

3.75

 3.75 stars for me....the lowest I have EVER rated a SJM book. While it definitely kept my intrest towards the middle to end, it took almost 40 chapters for me to get into it. I almost dnf'd. I struggled to get into this book...I just couldn't relate to any characters at all, especially Bryce. I didn't like her at all in the beginning, but by the end she grew on me. This is my 2nd modern fantasy, and I do plan to continue the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Slavery, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Blood

zsnails99's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Classism