Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare

25 reviews

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Transphobia

janneke0601's review against another edition

adventurous emotional sad slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

micaelacccc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Self harm and War

Minor: Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicide, Transphobia, and Pregnancy

hollymileham'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

5.0

officially the biggest book ive ever read. omg i love these characters and this fictional world sm. im absolutely blown away by this story arc especially the forbidden love trope i thought that was done so well, also christina/mark/kieran wasnt something i expected to enjoy as much as i did. so much of this story broke my heart im still recovering i swear. and the action was so good
however in my soul i am nothing if not malec's number 1 fan and so that proposal/wedding scene was my highlight. they are so special to me always, and always will be what helped me through a really turbulent time in my life when i was younger so i think that attachment wont ever go away
also the cliffhanger??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Murder, and War

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

nadiaherondale's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.25

So I had this book forever, really, since it was published, 'cause I spent my highschool years being obsessed with Shadowhunters. But at the time I didn't end up reading it, I felt I was not longer vibing with Clare's writing and I am terrified of long books. But lately I had been wanting to read her latest series, The Last Hours, so obviously I had to finally read QoAaD, and I'm glad I did. Emma has since been my favorite Shadowhunter protagonist ever since she was introduced, she's fierce, she's independent but she feels so much emotion and empathy, and Julian... Surpassing the Herondales as my favorite boys is a feat I didn't think anyone would ever do, but he did. And the side characters are amazing, Mark, Cristina and Kieran (whose development along the series I just love, he has grown so much), the little Blackthorns (who I desperately need more about) and obviously our well known Clary and Jace.
There's just something about the way Cassie Clare writes that just entraps you. I declare myself fully back on the Shadowhunter train

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence and Transphobia

aklovekorn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

nervouspink's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Torture