Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

6 reviews

galaxyelfjess'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

5.0

This was a fantastic sequel with many twists and turns that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through! It took me so long to finish because I had been spoiled for the ending and was so afraid to get to that point. I FINALLY finished it though and highly recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child death and Racism

There is quite a bit of racism towards Downworlders in this book and the trilogy as a whole.

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-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

This book has so much action it made my head spin. Usually second books in a trilogy are slow and have a lot of set up but not this one. The ending was so chaotic I’m not sure where or how the next book will continue on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture and Racism

Minor: Transphobia, Sexual content, and Fatphobia

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

2j4d3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Torture, and Murder

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

lubarbara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

A diferencia de Lady Midnight este libro me pareció bastante más crudo y desolador, me gusta que los personajes, especialmente Julian, se manejen en una moralidad gris casi todo el tiempo y nos terminemos cuestionando nuestra propia moral.

No me termina de cerrar la historia de Diana (i mean, entiendo y apoyo la representación LGBT but seriously? Lo sentí un poco forzado). Y banco mucho mucho la relación Cristina-Kieran-Mark, si no terminan juntos me lastimo (no es literal, es un decir)

En otro tema: Leo todo lo de Cassandra Clare porque me gustan mucho sus historias y personajes, su habilidad de crear mundos increíbles que podrían existir, pero que jamás nos enteraríamos pues somos simples mundanos (el universo del Downworld y los Shadowhunters es mi favorito del mundo ficción), pero (y es un gran pero) su obsesión con el incesto me preocupa mucho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Hate crime, Incest, Murder, Racism, Racial slurs, Transphobia, Xenophobia, and Violence