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nadia32's review against another edition
3.75
The curse of disappointing/messy final books continues 😔 I still love love the world and the characters and the first half was actually pretty good. And the battle ??? she was crazy for that. Ending felt rushed and major conflicts resolved in a matter of pages- wish we’d gotten to be “on screen” for more of it. Lots of character reactions or fights happened off page. Tragic- second book best again (re: ballad). Very interesting.
hniereads's review against another edition
5.0
Out of every one cassie has killed so far, this one hurt the most.
dotdotskuchai's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
5.0
mistydawnwaters's review against another edition
5.0
While The Infernal Devices remains my favorite series, this makes a close second. As usual, Cassie creates both beautiful & devastating settings, and introduces unimaginable conflict. I can never guess how she plans to solve anything and it’s always brilliant.
Also, seeing Will Herondale again…sigh. I needed that.
Also, seeing Will Herondale again…sigh. I needed that.
raquelzc's review
3.75
Vaya vaya. No sabía que empezar un libro de Cassandra Clare me pudiera tener tan enojada. Después de lo que sucedió al final del segundo libro, todos, repito TODOS, los personajes cayeron de mi gracia.
Excepto uno. Y ME LO MATARON.
Me gustó mucho la historia, la trama general va floreciendo desde el primer libro, y en realidad se relaciona mucho a las consecuencias de lo acontecido de Orígenes. Eso me encantó. Pero tanto rollo, tanta miscommunication trope, tanto DRAMA, para eso? Nah, man. Si fui un poco decepcionada.
Sin duda, un personaje que había amado, Cordelia, me terminó cayendo mal. Y esto principalmente porque la sentí muy fuera de personaje desde el final de Chain of Iron. No sé, iba tan bien y luego bye.
Algo bien sabido de Clare es que le encantan los triángulos amorosos, y bueno, después de ese cambio radical al término en Orígenes, está bien, no podía hacerlo dos veces ni mucho menos no incluirlo (aunque si podía omitirlo). PERO BUENO. No es queja que hayan triángulos, mi queja es que se le dió tanta prioridad a este tema que ya para cuando avanzamos a la trama, pues estaba harta ya de solo saber que iba a pasar con la problemática más allá del drama romántico.
Y me atrevo a decir, que con este libro, termine queriendo mucho a Grace. No lo digo tan así literal, porque me sigue cayendo mal, pero Cassandra le dió una profundidad muy interesante que me terminó cayendo bien. No le justifico sus actos, pero la comprendo.
En general, fue una buena trilogía, pero me da el sentimiento de que Cassandra le dió un poco a las prisas para construir y sacar esta historia antes de perderle. Sigo amando el mundo que ha construido, y sin duda voy a leer la última trilogía planeada para este mundo, pero esta yo creo que es mi menos favorita de todas las sagas.
Excepto uno. Y ME LO MATARON.
Me gustó mucho la historia, la trama general va floreciendo desde el primer libro, y en realidad se relaciona mucho a las consecuencias de lo acontecido de Orígenes. Eso me encantó. Pero tanto rollo, tanta miscommunication trope, tanto DRAMA, para eso? Nah, man. Si fui un poco decepcionada.
Sin duda, un personaje que había amado, Cordelia, me terminó cayendo mal. Y esto principalmente porque la sentí muy fuera de personaje desde el final de Chain of Iron. No sé, iba tan bien y luego bye.
Algo bien sabido de Clare es que le encantan los triángulos amorosos, y bueno, después de ese cambio radical al término en Orígenes, está bien, no podía hacerlo dos veces ni mucho menos no incluirlo (aunque si podía omitirlo). PERO BUENO. No es queja que hayan triángulos, mi queja es que se le dió tanta prioridad a este tema que ya para cuando avanzamos a la trama, pues estaba harta ya de solo saber que iba a pasar con la problemática más allá del drama romántico.
Y me atrevo a decir, que con este libro, termine queriendo mucho a Grace. No lo digo tan así literal, porque me sigue cayendo mal, pero Cassandra le dió una profundidad muy interesante que me terminó cayendo bien. No le justifico sus actos, pero la comprendo.
En general, fue una buena trilogía, pero me da el sentimiento de que Cassandra le dió un poco a las prisas para construir y sacar esta historia antes de perderle. Sigo amando el mundo que ha construido, y sin duda voy a leer la última trilogía planeada para este mundo, pero esta yo creo que es mi menos favorita de todas las sagas.
drymming's review against another edition
5.0
Gurl. I read this in 3 days nawr. I’m exhausted literally thinking about this. For starters: what the fuck
I need a book-long epilogue of these people living tjeir lives please don’t make me turn to fanfic i will die
I get the gripe about this: but also the miscommunication came from a place of FLAWSSSSS. People are insecure and have TRUST ISSUES AND TRAUMA.
Alastair is my baby i can’t believe i thought i would hate him
Matthew is meh. I like him but I’m not in love with him.
JAMES AND CORDELIA I WANNA DATE YOU BOTH. James lived up to what highschool me expected. Thanks for not letting me down bestie.
I literally love everyone in this book. Anna, thomas, even grace grew on me (shock)
I don’t understand the gripe about people not liking the non-mourning of Christopher. We had a death. An important unnecessary death. But its collateral. That’s life. We just came out of a pandemic i don’t need the shadowhunters mourning on page for 3 chapters. This book felt like fan service ngl. Except for the christopher-grace shippers. RIP. The character was well acknowledged and people mourn in different ways espe people coming out of trauma (like coming out of the pandemic) WHO JUST WANNA BE HAPPY LET THEM MOVE ON.
Amen
I need a book-long epilogue of these people living tjeir lives please don’t make me turn to fanfic i will die
I get the gripe about this: but also the miscommunication came from a place of FLAWSSSSS. People are insecure and have TRUST ISSUES AND TRAUMA.
Alastair is my baby i can’t believe i thought i would hate him
Matthew is meh. I like him but I’m not in love with him.
JAMES AND CORDELIA I WANNA DATE YOU BOTH. James lived up to what highschool me expected. Thanks for not letting me down bestie.
I literally love everyone in this book. Anna, thomas, even grace grew on me (shock)
I don’t understand the gripe about people not liking the non-mourning of Christopher. We had a death. An important unnecessary death. But its collateral. That’s life. We just came out of a pandemic i don’t need the shadowhunters mourning on page for 3 chapters. This book felt like fan service ngl. Except for the christopher-grace shippers. RIP. The character was well acknowledged and people mourn in different ways espe people coming out of trauma (like coming out of the pandemic) WHO JUST WANNA BE HAPPY LET THEM MOVE ON.
Amen
jlritchie66's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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
achinglyshy's review against another edition
4.0
[ i can’t really write a review rn i need to let everything sink in but idk i keep flicking between 4 and 5 stars maybe this will have to be a 4.5
editing this twenty minutes later and now it’s teetering between a 3 and a 4….
okay!! i think i can finally write a review so here goes nothing ]
i’m going to officially give this 3.5 stars. as much as i hate the say it, i was slightly disappointed by this book. there were parts that were awesome, and i love practically all of the characters, but i really think this is a weak final book to end off the trilogy.
ik i should be happy that there was only one major death, but is it really a phenomenal shadowhunter book if i’m not crying and screaming into my pillow at 3am?? and speaking of which, i couldn’t even bring myself to stay up and finish the book on friday night, even though i was already at or around the 500 page mark.
the love triangle was really annoying, and kinda unnecessary??? grace was redeeemed with little-to-no true consequences for her actions, and kit was given literally no thought by anyone other than thomas and anna once it had been 50 pages since his death.
the emotional potential was there, but i felt like something was missing!! people have been saying alastair was originally supposed to die instead of kit (and while that would be devastating and i’m happy we got thomastair endgame (more on that later)), the subsequent events would’ve made so much more sense if alastair had died instead of kit. plus someone (matthew
editing this twenty minutes later and now it’s teetering between a 3 and a 4….
okay!! i think i can finally write a review so here goes nothing ]
i’m going to officially give this 3.5 stars. as much as i hate the say it, i was slightly disappointed by this book. there were parts that were awesome, and i love practically all of the characters, but i really think this is a weak final book to end off the trilogy.
ik i should be happy that there was only one major death, but is it really a phenomenal shadowhunter book if i’m not crying and screaming into my pillow at 3am?? and speaking of which, i couldn’t even bring myself to stay up and finish the book on friday night, even though i was already at or around the 500 page mark.
the love triangle was really annoying, and kinda unnecessary??? grace was redeeemed with little-to-no true consequences for her actions, and kit was given literally no thought by anyone other than thomas and anna once it had been 50 pages since his death.
the emotional potential was there, but i felt like something was missing!! people have been saying alastair was originally supposed to die instead of kit (and while that would be devastating and i’m happy we got thomastair endgame (more on that later)), the subsequent events would’ve made so much more sense if alastair had died instead of kit. plus someone (matthew
s_i_h's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
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? It's complicated
4.25
conniesreading's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0