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Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare

6 reviews

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Ableism, Death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Murder, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gore, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Vomit, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Grief, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent

seforana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Chronic illness, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexism, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Torture, Body horror, Death, Suicide, Animal death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Violence, Bullying, and War

literaryinluv's review

adventurous dark funny tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

as a main character, tessa is more interesting to follow than clary primarily because of the mystery concerning her existence. i do miss my malec tho but this copy had a delightful bonus story with magnus' pov, which i enjoyed. i'm not incredibly intrigued by the romance or the love triangle as others seem to be; both boys are enjoyable characters, but the romance is not particularly exciting so far. i'm more interested in the plot than the romance. 4 stars for the plot and characters and for being a fun read, but missing that last star for not living up to my expectations in the romance department and for being a bit slow at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Addiction, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Infertility, Rape, Colonisation, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Chronic illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abandonment and Addiction

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Infertility

bardic_llama's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

I haven't been reading Cassandra Clare's book in order but with this, I have now read the first book of each of her series; TMI, TDA, & TID. This one has been the only one I've remotely liked besides City of Bones but even then, that one was meh. Only thing I hate about Clare's writing is that she drags out the big battles at the end of her book way too long. As in she sets them up to be this grand overture yet they always seem like they could end in less than 5 minutes flat. 

Will say I know that

Tessa ends up with Will, writing makes that obvious enough

but I prefer her relationship w/ Jem. Really just one of those love triangles the author could've just made a polyamorous relationship if they weren't a coward. Then again with how Will acts, it'd probably be unhealthy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, and Trafficking