Reviews tagging 'Death'

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

52 reviews

emilygibbs's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Death

irisvdn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Physical abuse, Incest, Violence, War, Racism, Death, and Confinement

lcesario's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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? No

2.5

Not bad, not great. I can’t stand the broody behavior because he can’t sleep with his sister. It’s entertainingly cringe enough, just not what I remembered reading as a kid. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Incest, Violence, and War

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Kidnapping, Violence, and War

Moderate: Child death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Torture, and Genocide

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful tense

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Murder

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.25

nothing if not action-packed and drama oriented! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Incest, Homophobia, Hate crime, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

emilia_thereader's review against another edition

I could not get past the writing with this book. Everything felt all over the place with the plot and I did not really connect with any of the characters. It also put me in a reading slump and I tried to pick it up multiple times but I think I’ll maybe try this one later. Big maybe though. I had really high expectations due to the hype which also probably contributed to me struggling with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death

Minor: Murder and Body horror

qcupquake's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

City of Ashes:
3.25/5

- yk i could really do without the whole

making clary and jace kiss while they still believe they're siblings

but yk thanks bc i definitely needed that in my head. that was so gross i was actually disgusted. it wasn't that they kissed, it was that they kissed while they

sTILL BELIEVE THEY ARE SIBLINGS

- idk if Cassy Clare meant to make The Inquisitor an EXTREMELY unlikeable character, but if she did, she did a damn good job of it. i

celebrated when she died

- valentine is also an extremely well written villain. i like his charm but at the same time it's what makes me despise him
- i personally liked City of Bones more but this was still nice :)
- i liked the action and the humor that we established in the first book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Incest, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Child death

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Incest, and Kidnapping

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Kidnapping