Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

House of Roots and Ruin by Erin A. Craig

15 reviews

jlchabotte's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Ableism, Abortion, Blood, and Infidelity

Minor: Sexual content, Confinement, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, and Vomit

alamayhem_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so so SO MUCH! Dare I say I loved it even more than I loved the first book. This has definitely become one of my fav series of all time and I cannot wait to read the next installment. Craig’s writing is just so captivating and her twists and turns in the story always leave me shocked and gasping aloud as I read. From the very beginning to the end of the book, I was so invested and captivated by the story. Her writing only becomes better and better with each book that she writes. I have now read everything by Craig and will continue to read every single word that she writes going forward. 

I also just loved the character development we got with Verity. It was so cool to see some nods to the first book and to see the little girl that we fell in love with during House of Salt and Sorrows grow up and become the woman she is in her own story. It was so intriguing to see how her past has affected her in the present and her relationships with her sisters as well.

I think the best part was seeing the growth of her relationship with Camille.

Craig does such an amazing job at utilizing every character in the story.

No character is simply there, they all have a purpose and add to the plot by the end! This helped me to always be kept on my toes and not see any of the major twists and turns coming. I was not expecting the final reveal at all!

Everything in this book was amazing. The horror, the suspense, the mystery, the twists, the gothic elements. I loved it so much and cannot rave enough about this series. I rate this book 5/5 stars! 🌟

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit

ash_bees's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Vomit, Child abuse, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

eviemayhem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to like this book as much as I liked the first one. I suppose part of my issue is that I didn't read the synopsis and just assumed it would pick up where it left off with the same narrator. The book starts off well, and up until the last 100 pages, I was really enjoying the book.

The climax- Amazing.

Everything is downhill from there. It felt much too fast and then somehow the true villain (objectively) of the story is no longer the villain and it all resolves too quickly. It is intense and overwhelming and messy. The writer is amazing, but the pacing on this one was just too fast at the end to be satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Ableism, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

carrasreadsandthings's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

I loved the first book and couldn't wait to get my hands on the sequel. It absolutely did not disappoint!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Addiction, Torture, Medical trauma, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Confinement, Kidnapping, Violence, and Child abuse

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Stalking, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Ableism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Miscarriage, Gore, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Vomit, Abandonment, Death, Abortion, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

17kmcollins's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault and Infidelity

jada38375's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Unhinged in the best way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Sexual assault

alite428's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault and Drug abuse

Minor: Abortion

liltastypuff's review

dark mysterious

4.5

Another beautifully told tale by Craig. Atmospheric and encompassing with an excellent mix of creepy, comforting, and romantic. 
I use ratings to remind me how I felt about the book, and as I'm not really into the young adult genre it is a 4 star read for me. But putting my own taste aside I would say it is a 5 star young adult read. 

*A note on sexual assault, abortion, and miscarriage content warnings -

these topics are present in the story and contribute to a pivotal plot point

I do think they should be mentioned. However, they are spoken of and not described - the reader is not present for the events mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Abortion