Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare

26 reviews

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Life is pain. The Princess Bride was at least right when it comes to THIS BOOK. Goodness these characters were put through the wringer in this one! And that ending!? Basically I am not okay. I need a "Matthew Fairchild deserves better" support group please. And to have more of Thomas in the story. AND POOR CORDELIA I can't. Anyways. I will basically not be able to write a cohesive review so this is what you get. Officially converted to adoring the entire Merry Thieves group and outliers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

evieolive's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Love the world and characters but a little drawn out

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Torture, Child death, Death, Grief, and Infidelity

ali_debookness's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Death of parent, Alcoholism, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Death, Hate crime, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy

cakrolik's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

notsasharacket's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.75

Fantastic book!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

hannahwriightt's review

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Gore, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic relationship and Gun violence

charlottesomewhere's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense

Another brilliant book in the Shadowhunter series. I loved James and Cordelia and the adventures the young Shadowhunters have in this book. I am desperate to find out what happens next. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Violence, and Grief

adhdru's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

katloupet's review

adventurous dark 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

Was overall a good read and I thought it was a good addition to the shadowhunter universe. The plot was interesting, connects well to the previous book and sets up well for the next book. I love the characters and their relationships with each other. The main thing I didn’t like was that there was a lot of miscommunication/dramatic irony where I felt like I was always waiting for the characters to discover something or tell each other something. It’s so thing I think is common and Cassandra Clare books but it drives me a little crazy.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

brookey8888's review

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Listen there needs to be more Lucie and Christopher. I really enjoyed this but the romance angst kind of annoyed me because I don’t see it on someone’s point. I really like the characters but wish there was more scenes with the OGs especially Charlotte and Henry. I love the different representation. I am excited to see what happens next because we it did end with a cliff hanger. Oh and once again I feel like Lucie and Cordelia have like no scenes together which is annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, and Violence