Reviews tagging 'Murder'

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

45 reviews

andrea_h111's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

veganecurrywurst's review

adventurous dark

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

4.0

Cassandra Clare is one of the better authors of the ya-fantasy genre and if you overlook her ripping of another writer, you can actually enjoy this book. The characters and the storyline are fine and it's easy to read. But what is that awful "is it or isn't it incest" storyline. We definitely could have done without it, ma'am. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Incest

sofiija's review

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Outing

fantasy_whore's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: Incest

bookishmichs's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

mir_frog73's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Homophobia

isabellaanderson's review

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.5

I LOVE this book series so much. The plot is so clever and the characters are very interesting and as you read, you want to learn more about them. There are a few things in this series that very much bugged me, <MAJOR SPOILERS> firstly that the reader is under the assumption that Clary and Jace are siblings for soooo long. That grossed me out a lot, felt like that really wasn't needed. Also, do not at all like that Clary and Sebastian kiss even though they are literally siblings and that he shows interest in her later on in the books. <spoilers over> Also, Clary is a bit of a pick me girl... but it's a YA book from the early 2000's what did I expect. Other than that I love these books!!! There is a good amount of action but it's not too graphic. The romance is also not too fast paced and none of the relationships are unhealthy depictions of good relationships. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Incest, and Murder

maruu_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, and Physical abuse

Sinceramente, no recordaba casi nada de este libro y leerlo casi 5 años después me dí cuenta que cosas estaban realmente mal con este libro y que cosas safaban pero, LO QUE ME MOLESTA ES QUE NO ME ACORDABA QUE JACE Y CLARY SABÍAN DESDE EL FINAL DEL PRIMER LIBRO QUE ERAN "HERMANOS", ME VOY A LARGAR A LLORAR POR SABER QUE TENGO 5 LIBROS POR DELANTE CON ELLOS LAMENTANDOSE DE QUE SON HERMANOS Y NO PUEDEN ESTAR JUNTOS, NADIE LE DIJO A CASSANDRA CHE PIBA, NO DA HACER ESTO POR FAVOR SOLTÁ EL INCEST KINK. Quiero agradecer de que existe la pareja de Izzy y Simón y la de Alec y Magnus.

sapphic_reader's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.0

Rep:
Gay side character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Animal death, and Homophobia

mia_s_book_'s review

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Gore, Gaslighting, Incest, Kidnapping, and Murder