Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare

8 reviews

jem_carstairs's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

THE FUCK WAS THAT CASSIE (in a good way)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Sexism, Blood, Misogyny, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Grief and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Animal cruelty, Animal death, War, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

Much more exciting than the first book but not so I hate the miscommunication trope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Bullying

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Miscarriage

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death of parent, Addiction, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Alcoholism

andrikkk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Deadnaming, Grief, Infidelity, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

khloereads86's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

Ughh the ending. I need to read the next book now but it doesn’t come out for another 6 months 😭 
I love these characters. They’re so sweet and funny and supportive of each other. 
The slowburn, will they won’t they, between James & Daisy was almost painful but they were still so sweet together. 
Can’t wait for the last book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

humanmosquito's review against another edition

slow-paced

• 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? It's complicated

0.25

It got worse folks! I’m genuinely speechless and angry something this bad was published. 

There’s absolutely no consistency in characterisation and every character in this book moves through the plot like it’s a rubber duck race. 
The cherry atop this horrible cake is Clare’s ‘strong female protagonist’ being reduced to tits on a stick. 

Edit: 
A third of each chapter’s first page is taken up with an epigraph that never has  any relevance with the content of the chapter. It’s not even the case of [love poem quote] [kiss scene] [end chapter]. 

The writing style of the book is bogged down with the usual Cassandra Clare hallmarks: comma splices, images that interrupt the flow of the text and awkward word choices and repetition.

To be fair, although the dialogue is stilted and unnatural, it is still miles better than in ‘Queen of Air and Darkness’. 

‘Tits on a stick’ is no joke, Cordelia’s hopes and aspirations take a backseat to her role as love interest, so much so that the climax of the Cursed Bracelet/love spell Plot line is James fondling Cordelia’s breasts for over eight pages. (In fact many long term <i>Shadowhunters</i> fans admit to skipping this part, as it makes them so uncomfortable.) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Sexism

theoceaneyedgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Blood