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Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

25 reviews

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

3.0

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I'll be honest it's a bit of a struggle to get through this series as times. There were new characters introduced in this book. I liked some of them, and others I'm indifferent towards. The plot was predictable and I found the writing style to be a little annoying at times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Bullying and Sexual content

myyam's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Self harm and Torture

ahopper7's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

aixiae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Death of parent

naturally's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

emma, christina, mark and julian are my CORE FOUR!

i adore them as a friendship group, and as individual characters. i can confidently say that each one of them has gorgeous character development - emma's grief, julian's struggles as a single mother to his 4 younger siblings, christina confronting her past and settling into her future at the LA institute, mark coming to terms with his heritage/identity - even though lady midnight is the first book in the dark artifices trilogy !  there is no doubt in my mind that cassandra clare will expand upon the pieces of art that she has created here.

family and the ancient greek words for love, are other strong themes that are explored excellently in ld. the blackthorn siblings made me legitimately tear UP!! the group scenes were so well written, easy to follow, and the perfect showcase of everyone's unique personality.

and the SHIPPPSSS. my gawd, the relationships...emma and julian are an angst masterclass. they really feel like a married couple who've been together 50 years and have 50 kids. much older than their years, which is understandable given they've lived through the dark war, but they still have a youthfulness to them. i'm also a big fan of mark/christina plus i'm suspecting that

they will be in a throuple with kieran, mark's faerie boo from the wild hunt! so, i'm extra curious to see kieran's future interactions with xtina...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Murder, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: War, Sexual content, Misogyny, and Ableism

emhaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, Death of parent, Gore, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Murder, Classism, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Toxic friendship

ali_k0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

Moderate warnings are all discussed internal monologue and have brief scenes further discussing between characters. Dementia is not outright for the suffering character (his mind is described as "shattered") but it mirrors it. Autistic character is treated very well by family but there is one scene where someone insists he doesn't use his headphones (noise regulation tool) and makes eye contact. Characters also discuss larger bigotry in the Clave surrounding those who the Clave (not his family) call "mad" this is the forced institutionalization. It does not happen, only discussed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

cookiegirl89089's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

got this book at christmas, absolutely loved it and look forward to reading the next two. the pacing was great, there always felt like there was something going and keeping you entertain while still giving you time to get to know the characters and their surroundings. the plot was enjoyable and it was fun trying to piece together the clues alongside the characters. also the many relationships (platonic and not) were well written as was the book itself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, and War

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment, Self harm, Kidnapping, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content and Alcoholism

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

This starts out a bit slow but once the ball is rolling it’s ROLLING. Plenty of action and surprises to keep things interesting. The romance was nice and not as rushed as it is in the mortal instruments. Up until the epilogue though it felt like this book could be a stand alone so I’m curious how the story will proceed without feeling forced. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Self harm

Minor: Gun violence, Sexual content, and Gore