Reviews tagging 'War'

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

6 reviews

hollymileham's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

oh my god that ending. PREPARE YOURSELF.
i cannot wait til second year is done and i can read properly again bc i absolutely loved this yet it took me a week bc ive been so tired and busy
 working part time in exam season does not make it easy to read 700 pages. 
this book was so good, i love all the characters sm and all the diversity of them. the malec crumbs made my heart so happy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, War, Murder, and Grief

ali_k0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, War, Death of parent, Child death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Deadnaming, Torture, and Fatphobia

arshiya_amreen90786's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Classism, Colonisation, and Child death

Minor: Torture, Body horror, and Terminal illness

sirenricobooks's review

adventurous dark funny fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, and Death

Minor: War, Body shaming, and Homophobia

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Animal death, Murder, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Child death, Gore, Racism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Biphobia, Blood, Sexual content, Transphobia, and War

pernillemathiesen's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Murder, Sexual content, War, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Transphobia, Fatphobia, Sexism, and Torture