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elsa_clare's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Minor: Incest
vel629vet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
After reading my previous reviews as well, I agree with all of my previous points.
June 2014: Reread for City of Heavenly Fire. This is definitely my favorite book in the series so far, although I still think Jace is just about the cheesiest character ever written. All of his dialogue is drama drama drama, and I don't think enough has happened between him and Clary throughout the series to justify their deep love for each other. It seems more like infatuation caused by lust and drama. I wish I could buy in to their love story.
Read Jan 2012: This was a very exciting conclusion to a great series. Oh wait, this isn‰ЫЄt the end of the series? There‰ЫЄs 3 more books? I‰ЫЄm confused‰Ы_
Like I said, I really enjoyed this book. It was very long but moved fast enough that the length wasn‰ЫЄt daunting. There were a lot of interesting plot twists, although also some that I saw coming a mile away. But overall, I was very pleased with the conclusion, although, the epilogue really just felt like another long chapter.
With all of that being said, I don‰ЫЄt understand what Clare could possibly come up with for 3 more books, or why she would want to have to follow up such an exciting book. So I guess what I‰ЫЄm saying is I‰ЫЄm nervous for the next few books because they‰ЫЄll have a lot to live up to.
Graphic: Child abuse and Gore
Moderate: Incest, Violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
maruu_t's review against another edition
- 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? N/A
4.0
Saber que todavía me quedan el 4to y 5to por leer me dan ganas de llorar.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Suicide, and Grief
piperclover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
blakethebookeater's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
There was fun twists and turns and action moments but in the end it was all overshadowed by one infuriating plot line: the incest.
Literally it’s so in your face and drawn out and I hated it sooooo much. Like that “forbidden love” thing disgusts me and doesn’t intrigue me at all so my brain basically shut off everytime that plot line came to the forefront and that was way too often for my liking. Like I was able to mostly handle it in the last book because they knew it was forbidden and tried to resist but at this point they just don’t care and it made me not even want to pick up the novel tbh.
The ending was sweet and left some small threads dangling (presumably for when she stretched a trilogy into six books), and overall this first trilogy was a solid 3 stars from me. Like intriguing at times, fun at others, bad and very bad at times, and sometimes just meh. I can see how it had a foothold in late 00’s YA culture and I’m glad I read them, but I probably wouldn’t read them again.
(One thing I will give Cassandra Clare props for though is a canon gay relationship in the late 00’s when I was still getting called a faggot in middle school. It would’ve made me feel less alone even if I had read about some gay rep at all! Obviously there are better queer books out there but to have a gay relationship in such a major series at the time is pretty awesome.)
3.5/5 stars
Graphic: Incest and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, and Misogyny
Minor: Body horror