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Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

24 reviews

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I really liked this book! I enjoyed the characters and complex world building.

I’m excited to see if Conor doesn’t actually suck in future books and who Lin ends up with!

Lin is my favorite!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Rape, and Sexual violence

danajoy's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.5

This was my first Cassandra Clare. I won't be going back and reading any of the shadowhunters after this bit I do think I'm intrigued enough to continue in this series.

It did remind me a lot of V E Schwab's Darker Shade of Magic series with elements from Full Metal Alchemist.

I have mixed feelings about a lot of the elements. The characters, the plot, the overall world. I like Kel for the most part. Conor is strange but I think he's on track for interesting development. Lin is frustratingly stubborn and argumentative.

I don't understand why she is so contrary with Conor straight off the bat.

 

I enjoyed the casual queerness. 

This book is very long. It doesn't feel super different to any other kingdom based fantasy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Medical content

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Death of parent

stormeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

calathean's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

This book made me realise how much I enjoy reading about characters who are deeply loyal to a person, even at their own expense. Both Kel and Lin are very loyal main characters - Lin in wanting to save her best friend's life and Kel in living to protect Conor at all cost even dying for him if necessary. Likeable characters, strong friendships, strong worldbuilding within Castellane. The toxicity of the friendship between Conor and Kel due to the power imbalance and Kel literally being Conor's shield despite the friendship itself being genuine and Conor not wanting Kel to die or treating him like a servant at all is delicious. The worldbuilidng was a bit difficult to follow when it comes to the world outside Castellane, I'm still not sure which country is which and what their deal is. And it was also difficult to remember all the nobles and not get Conor's friends mixed up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Medical content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Vomit, and Death of parent

jennipea382's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content

celery's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Deportation

natashalg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Exciting read, and I'm looking forward to the next one to answer all my questions and devel deeper into the mysteries of the kingdom! It seems like the politics would be boring, but I actually found it enjoyable. The only downside is I do not think the characters' flaws are examined/explained well enough. It's hard to understand why they do what they do (mainly the Prince), but since this is the first book of a series, I think it just leaves the door open to explore the character development later on. Overall, a good start to a potential excellent series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Blood, Medical content, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

I enjoyed this high fantasy book. I was glad I listened to it or I wouldn't have been able to pronounce most of the names. The Ashgar religious parts are almost a fanfic of the Bible. The pacing was slow at the begi ning but there was a lot of world building to do, so I have high hopes for the rest of the series. I need a chart with all the people and their names to keep track! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Injury/Injury detail