Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare

3 reviews

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Outing

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

victoriapatella'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

I overall really enjoyed this book! Definitely has the typical Cassie style, though I will say this book was particularly romance-focused (which isn’t a bad thing for me!). I love the romance—particularly all the pairings in this story—but I would have liked to see more demon battles.

I also found the end a little predictable, with James stabbing himself with Cortana and Cordelia healing him immediately after. Because of that, I didn’t really feel the magnitude of tension that I would have expected to feel for a final battle.

Overall though, I think Cassie did a great job developing some of the couples that I was DYING to get more content of (Thomas and Alastair my beloveds, plus Anna and Ari). I also think Grace’s story was handled well—I think the reactions to the truth of her and James’ “relationship” were realistic for each character. God I just love these characters so much, Cassie has such a way of making us fall in love with her characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Pregnancy