Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

25 reviews

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

hannahmarkby'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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Mental illness

quillify_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Death of parent, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

saskiarachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

themoodreader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

em_davies7019's review

adventurous emotional funny 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: Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content, Self harm, Murder, Blood, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying and Abandonment

kit's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Self harm

nytefall_library's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

This story follows on from The Mortal Instruments. Our protagonists are Emma Carstairs and Julian Blackthorn who we originally met during the Dark War/City of Heavenly Fire. 

Emma has been obsessed with finding out who murdered her parents as she did not agree with the Claves ruling that it was Sebastian. 

The story starts when Emma stumbles upon a body with strange language etched into its body and symbols around it. Along with the rest of the Blackthorns, Emma and Julian investigate the suspicious murders happening in LA. A family member is returned and new friends are made along the way.

Cassie tells a story where friendships and relationships are questioned and tested. Where things are not what the appear.

(Potential Spoilers)

As the saying goes - keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

Emma and Julian are a powerful duo. I love Emma’s friendship with Christina and Mark. The twins are a favourite - Ty is such a sweet character. Cassie is fantastic at writing their different personalities and they shine through the pages. I like reading parts from Kit’s perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Death

stargazing's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-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

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual content

mythos365's review

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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

3.0

Honestly, I love the world Cassandra Clare has created. Since I got into HS, I have grown up on her books, but now I think I am past the intended audience.

For my fellow readers who are in the same spot I am and are wondering if this series is even worth it, I can say now that it is. I say that because I finished this trilogy.

Yes, it is mostly a cast of people 18 and under. Yes, there is overly dramatic and overly complicated love, I think at this point that's Clare's specialty. Yes, it's a little exhausting to meet this cast when all we really want is to read about the original cast from TMI or even TID but they do make a good deal of appearances in this series. That alone was why I picked up this book, but it was Julian Blackthorne who kept me reading. He has a solid head on his shoulders considering he is about 16/17(?).
Honestly, now that I finished this series, it's worth just pushing through this book to get to the other two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Grief