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მექანიკური ანგელოზი by Cassandra Clare

41 reviews

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Racism, and Torture

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

was the best part of this lowkey looking for malec crumbs? a little bit yes. but this was still really good i read tons yesterday couldn't put it down. im so intrigued about the rest of the story especially from that cliffhanger
my comfort fictional world for ever and ever fr

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug use

Moderate: Torture and Blood

Minor: Infertility

noelle_mw's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction and Blood

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

literaryinluv's review against another edition

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

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Blood, and Alcohol

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

katyfayyyx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

God Will you do make it hard to love you! Jesus. I will always be on team Will okay but god he is just so a dick in this one, to the point when I hated him at times like fucking hell calm down. Like I know why is doing he but Jesus it is just so annoying like he is the Original gaslighter, but I do still love him. Also I will always be on team Will and Tessa as well but girl I was have pushed him down some stairs if I was her. This was a re-read for me as I wanted to re-read the Infernal Devices before I read the Last Hours series but I read Chain of Gold and I have totally forgot what happens in it and now the series in complete I do in fact need to read them. Also I love revisiting my queen Sophie and Charlotte 🧎🏻‍♀️ also I will say I actually didn't hate Tessa this time which is some kind of miracle because god I kinda hater her when I first read this series as I thought it was a bit of a cry baby like no where near as bad as Clary because I will always be a hater of her in the Moral Instruments because she is fucking annoying, I said what I said. Also  I have missed my sweet wholesome and fluffy bean which is Henry, I would be willing to be fight the entire Clave for my man because I fucking love him and I think he is a genius and I love him. I just love all these characters chaos like I just know that Charlotte is just so over their shit. Also Will is just a dick but god him and  Tessa have soooo much chemistry, like the Attic from the whole just pissing each other off to the bit when Will thought Tessa was dead, I would die from them and I just know the pain that I am about to thought and I don't think if I am ready to got though it again but I will. Also don't get me wrong I fucking love Jem he is a sweetheart and he is so kind and does make me cry a number of times but Will just Will and you can't compete which him and some how I don't know why I some how hated Nate more than a did the first time, which I didn't know what possible but.... it is happen. <3 Church, you are the icon<3 However, the reason why this one is an only four stars is that i think the start is a bit slow and hard to get into it and at times it just felt like nothing was happening and that we were struck in one bit of the story.

Epilogue 

'Magnus reached behind himself and locked the parlour door. Very well, he said Why don't you tell me what the problem is.'

*Please note that is review was written after my third time reading this book *

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

muqs786's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

Ommggg…it was such an amazing journeyy…can't wait to read other books in the trilogy💗😭💓

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence and Mental illness

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

I forgot how much I love this story, and the narrator captures it beautifully. I love her voices amd characterization of each person throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Infertility, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

epellicci's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Cassandra Clare's world of shadow hunters and demons is exactly the fabulous escapism I remembered it to be from my childhood. Nostalgic and comforting, it is easy to be swept along in the adventure and stakes. The deeply internalised sexism in some of the characters was painful to bare at times, and I had forgotten that Will Herondale is such an emotionally stunted ass. But the Clockwork Angel is an otherwise gorgeously atmospheric found family drama, delightfully infused with supernatural politics and battle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Gore and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Torture