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dododenise's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Never has a reading experience of mine been so subjective. Maybe that is why I’m not sure whether I really liked this book or not. I’ve first visited the shadowhunter world with 12, 7 years ago. I fell in love with it. I don’t think I’ve ever read more than when I read the mortal instruments series. For this book, I wanted to get that experience back. I’m not a child anymore, but as I still like YA as much as I did then, so I thought it possible. For that I went back and listened to the exact same music I also listened to when I read the mortal instrument. In the past few years, that music had always been able to pull me back into that world and fill me with nostalgia. Therefore, it happened even more while reading a shadowhunter book. It gave me the same feeling. But through gaining back that same feeling, I didn’t know what to make of this book specifically.
I wasn’t really drawn into this book. I wish it did but I could’ve just left it be in the middle of it and I would’ve been fine with it. But I still enjoyed reading it.
Will and Jem feel like versions of Jace and Alec. Maybe I just misremember how they really were, but their personalities seemed almost interchangeable. Idk whether that is something to like, considering I like Jace and Alec, or just really lazy.
And then there’s the love triangle of course. I honestly think they would work brilliantly in a polyamorous relationship. They’d bounce of each other so well. They already do now as friends (are they friends? Idk how to describe their current relationship). I’m probably setting myself up for disappointment hoping for it.
The highlight of this book, without a doubt, was Magnus. He was so much better than I remember him being and I really hope he’ll get a bigger role in the next two books.
This review ended up being so long it seems I had a lot more thoughts about it than I thought I did. But even from writing this I’m still not sure how much I actually liked the book.
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Drug use and Death of parent
Minor: Infidelity, Sexism, and Alcohol
lucy_36's review
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
helpme71's review
- 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
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction and Abandonment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Infertility
theoverbookedshelf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Infertility, and Death of parent
dannythestreet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol
a_ira's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction and Drug use
Minor: Sexism
violet_pages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Infertility, Racism, and Sexism
ukalaylee'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Infertility, Murder, and Alcohol
ioana_26_tid's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
lizzy_brooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Addiction and Drug use