Reviews tagging 'Death'

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

28 reviews

clockworkstars's review against another edition

4.0

What the fuck happened ? I will never health of this end live with that on your awareness Cassandra.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I have slowly been making my way through The Shadowhunters' books for about a year now. After reading and loving The Infernal Devices series, I was apprehensive to pick up The Dark Artifices. Now that I have read two out of the three in The Dark Artifices series, I can guess that unless "Queen of Air and Darkness" does something super amazing, The Dark Artifices is my least favorite part of this series. 
This book felt three hundred pages too long with too many perspectives and far too much information for the reader to sift through. I struggled to get into this book for weeks, and when I finally got a little momentum, the story was almost over. I do enjoy how complex Cassandra Clare makes her world and how much detail she pours into her writing, but this was just too much for me. 
I do plan to continue my Shadowhunters journey, but I am more apprehensive to pick up an even longer Dark Artifices book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

nicolewithbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Death, Child death, Sexual content, Murder, and Death of parent

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

saskiarachel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

daisychain_books's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

OH MY GOD THE ENDING 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Gore, and Murder

em_davies7019's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness, Grief, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

phily_g_123's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

This one doesn't even have the "Big bad got defeated but everyone's unhappy anyway." pattern. It's just sadness all around and I hate that this is a norm in this whole series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Murder, Violence, and Xenophobia

kit's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Xenophobia, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Torture

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia, Deadnaming, and Panic attacks/disorders