Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas

322 reviews

kschupner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? Yes

4.25

crescent city was so good i just could not put it down, especially the whirlwind that is the last 200 pages!!!! the worldbuilding was amazing, the characters are so lovable, so many unexpected twists, and i love a good urban fantasy. i want to be bryce quinlan when i grow up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Slavery, War, Drug use, and Cannibalism

Minor: Body shaming

zgreyz's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

the writing style is super wordy. sometimes entire paragraphs are just one big run on sentence which was messing with me. and the constant male-female dichotomy language is annoying to me. 
the first 10-20 pages is so packed with character intros and world building that it was very overwhelming but once i got through that it did get interesting. i like the overall story. i like the main characters sometimes but i have my issues with them too. 
a couple of the big twists were predictable to me, predicted about 100 pages prior to but they were still good.  
i’m not personally into the “love conquers all” and “everything happens for a reason” mentalities that come up quite a few times either.  Regardless of my personal issues with it though, it was still a pretty entertaining book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Torture, Death, Slavery, Cursing, Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Misogyny, Medical content, Infidelity, Blood, Addiction, War, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Classism, and Bullying

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Incest

ajourneythroughpages's review against another edition

adventurous emotional

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Slavery, Drug use, Grief, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

vienna_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.5

Spoilerfree review:

Did not know anything about the book before I started it and was pleasantly surprised! 

I usually don’t read urban fantasy but I loved the world and all the different magical inhabitants. The book has Fae, witches, demons, vampires, witches and much more. The main character has a strong personality and is pretty cunning. The plot kept me on my toes the whole time, since there was a big mystery to uncover. I think it became a little bit slow around the middle but it picked up again and even had me in tears a few times.

Recommend for all Romantasy fans :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual content, Addiction, Suicide attempt, Murder, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Drug use

courteggy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Slavery, and Drug use

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, War, and Suicide

lokidotter's review against another edition

emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Slavery and War

Minor: Animal cruelty

zrvavrina18's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Violence, War, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Drug use, Death, Mental illness, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Medical content

krhammonds's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, War, Slavery, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

jsteinle'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? Yes

4.5

What a whirlwind! Not sure why i’m always skeptical if i’ll like another SJM series because i get so attached to the last one. Surprised yet not surprised that I liked this start equally as much as ACOTAR and TOG (and side note: I’m glad I read it in the recommended order of the former then the latter then this). First 100 pages are confusing but trust me the juice is worth the squeeze. Modern romantasy murder mystery that kept me guessing. Emotional whiplash in the last two parts of the book. Crying in the last 100 pages should be expected at this point. Great setup for the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, and Drug use

kbowles24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Murder, Gore, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Gun violence, Slavery, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Body shaming, Bullying, War, Sexual content, Racism, Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent