Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

21 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

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: Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, and Torture

Moderate: Grief and Mental illness

Minor: Self harm

micaelacccc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely distraught over the Emma/Julian storyline, need to start the next book ASAP!

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual content

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

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