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Miasto Kości by Cassandra Clare

9 reviews

luah_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

It was okay, it wasn't great in my opinion, I didn't like that Cassandra

make them kiss and then tell us that they are SIBLINGS, and even after that she told us that clary keep thinking him a little bit in a romantic way. And I felt like that revelation was so out of nowhere, maybe it was just me but I feel like it was just for the shock. I also felt so gross with the Magnus insinuation with Alec, like he is a grown ass men and alec is a teenager

Even after that, it wasn't so bad, I didn't got attached with any of the characters but I like the universe that she created.

It wasn't memorable but it was nice for kill time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, and Kidnapping

readers_hideaway1's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Realize this is a series and unlike a lot if series their is a lot that I don't understand after book one so I will need to read the rest .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Holy plot twists Batman. The last 50-100 pages were crazy full of twists and turns. Lots of betrayal, misrepresentations of the past, etc. Overall, this book felt a little more YA than I typically like. Clary is clearly 15 and while the shadowhunter teens are older it is not by much. Some of the things they said or did were stupid honestly, but not overly so (it was only sometimes). I like these characters, they are very distinct and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. Though with a title like City of Bones I would have thought that this book would spend more than 2 chapters in the actual City of Bones. Clary was kind of dense when it came to catching on to the plot twists too lol. This book is a bit shallow in terms of world building, etc. but I’m hoping I get more throughout the books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Racism

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Sexual content

miranda_lynn1234's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Just a warning there is some language that’s out dated and offensive. Honestly it’s an easy read but there are just some major flaws and that’s the reason I rated it so low. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.25

idk. lots of info-dumping. weird dialogue for a bunch of teens. the pacing was fast yet slow at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Suicide, and Blood

danaleelin's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder

narrpip's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Blood

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

bookishemma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A slow start, but once I got to grips with the world and magic system it was a fun ride. The incest was a little bit of putting but that's cassie for you.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Incest, and Violence