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kal517's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Sexual assault
Moderate: Incest, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia and Drug use
rafacolog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Racism, Murder, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Grief, Homophobia, and Incest
kayceeisbookish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Blood, Genocide, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Murder, Drug use, Alcohol, Incest, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Stalking, and Violence
gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Narrated by Grant Cartwright and Eloise Oxer
Unabridged
I think this may have been my least favourite of the series. I felt like there was too much going on and I got confused at which plot I was following.
A lot of the side characters had some povs too, so I found it difficult to keep track of everyone, despite being familiar with their voices from prior books in the series.
I know this was an important novel, building up to climax, but it was very overwhelming with the abundance of threads that were weaving together.
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, War, Murder, Homophobia, Grief, Genocide, Incest, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Gaslighting
addiemae09's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: War and Sexual assault
Minor: Homophobia and Domestic abuse
artemisg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I forgot how much I absolutely despise Alec's subplot; as an ashamed Malec girl, I blocked it from my memory, and for good reason. Truly so bad; normally, my boy Alec can do no wrong, but this time ... he did very wrong. I unironically love Isabelle's character development, and I stand by Cassie doing sibling relationships right - when they're not incestuous. Alec, Izzy, and Jace are a great trio, and I like that Cassie remembered about parabatai in this book. Also, shoutout to Becky.
Also, absolutely so mad at Clary - but what else is new? Admittedly, I much prefer Team Good over Team Evil (not surprising based on my track record of favourite characters), so I'm going to be more critical of Clary, but man, her move in Paris made me actually so mad. But then she redeems herself because, of course, she does. After all, she's the perfect self-insert Mary Sue.
Finally, why on Earth did Cassie decide this series needed more incest??!? Like, we had the incest scare, and we were incredibly relieved to discover it was just a scare and not real incest, but then she insisted on adding incest in this book? We got lulled into a false sense of security with the last book's incestlessness. This feels like a betrayal.
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Sexual content and Homophobia
psliz's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Torture
Moderate: Homophobia, Drug use, Child death, Death of parent, Ableism, Incest, Self harm, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Grief, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Medical trauma, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Blood
the_othersidewv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Incest, Blood, Homophobia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, War, and Fire/Fire injury
green_amaryllis's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape
Minor: Homophobia
mir_frog73's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, War, Violence, Sexual content, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Confinement, Blood, and Sexual violence
Minor: Homophobia