Reviews

City of Deceit by Claudie Arseneault

ordinarilybi's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

barefootbetsy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

I really love this series of books so much! I’ll try to eventually write more of a review, but this will have to do for now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Death, Body horror, Classism, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Outing, Racism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Bullying, Gaslighting, and Gore

mad_taylh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.25

alana_margaret's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

book_pal31's review

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing 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? No

5.0

blitzjess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

adequateanja's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense 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

I just love this series! Every time a character is on the ace or aro spectrum my heart sings 💜
Also bless Claudie for including 20 pages of recap at the beginning of the book! 

thelizzielibrary's review

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

I thought this was a trilogy and was shocked at the ending! The characters have such potential! It has gotten a little bogged down with character development over plot, but I think book 4 will get faster!

doseogwan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

ok7a's review against another edition

adventurous reflective 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