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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.
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.
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
sofiaedstrom's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Riktig tb till serien jag älskade för massa år sen. Men det märks att boken är en introduktion till kommande böcker, eftersom det känns som att inte så mycket hände.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
sunny_bunny2006'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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Suicide
mousmoulo's review against another edition
4.5
the fomo finally got to me but it was worth it
and now, a quick (ο θεός να το κάνει) rant about the infamous ✨incest plot✨:
okay i have a bone to pick with y'all LMAO. i have a sibling so, needless to say, i can't imagine anything more disgusting as a concept than incest. BUT FUCKING COME ON. y'all narrowed it down to "ew incest 🤢 we don't talk about tmi because of the incest" & THEN THE INCEST IS ALL ABOUT DESTRUCTION. it's about valentine taking away the one good thing clary & jace have found. it's about valentine making sure jace can never love clary because he found comfort in her, & valentine can't allow that because he knows who & what jace values more. it's about turning the aforementioned comfort into disgust, into something instantaneously forbidden & unattainable. it's about making one hate the guts of the person the other loves (jocelyn). it's about valentine knowing painfully, terrifyingly well what jace wants (a family) & giving him the worst version of it (his horrible father is alive & fucking evil, his mother abandoned him, the girl he's in love with is his sister). it's about clary & jace embracing it anyway: ending on good terms, changing the trajectory of their relationship accordingly, as well as they can manage, choosing each other despite valentine's lies & manipulation. yes the idea of incest is disgusting, absolutely. but to narrow it down like that? media illiteracy at its finest. "this book has incest so it's embracing it, therefore it's disgusting & the author is disgusting & supports incest" -> what so many people have narrowed tmi down to & it's like. no. NO. NO ONE'S EMBRACING ANYTHING. incest is disgusting & THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT. we can't keep treating taboo topics so mindlessly, it doesn't take a phd in literary analysis to stop & think why the author made a choice they made. obvs i don't know how it will go in the next books but for now: I'M TIREDDDDDD i'm so so tired
and now, a quick (ο θεός να το κάνει) rant about the infamous ✨incest plot✨:
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Incest, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
salamanda's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Blood
frankyreadsbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
janka05's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War
Minor: Incest
annikare's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
gussurireads's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
As a fellow adult teenager, this is the kind of series I needed for my second adolescence (I'm LGBT and therefore my first adolescence does not count)
It was cheesy at times, overtly dramatic at others, the banter between Jace and Clary was funny and Isabelle is an underrated queen that deserved more "screentime". I was afraid she and Clary would've stayed "enemies" just for the sake of girl drama but I'm glad I got them being friendly at the end (they should've been lesbians, just saying).
Still it took me longer than I expected to get through this because for a looooong time, the plot just didn't progress at all. I felt we were just being dragged along to all these different little adventures set up purposefully for Clary to find out more about the Shadow World. I'm hoping that the second book, having more of the world set up and explained, will feel a bit faster on the pacing.
Act III was kind of wild with all the reveals and the ENTIRE CHAPTER dedicated to Luke just infodumping his entire backstory to us. At one point, I was having such a hard time keeping up with all the surnames for Clary's family! And the confrontation with Valentine felt so goofy and over the top, only missing out on a villainous monologue as he explained all his plans.
Can't wait to see how Cassandra Clare is going to work out the "sibling” conundrum (as I said above, just make Clary and Isabelle a couple, I promise it'll be so much better!)
It was cheesy at times, overtly dramatic at others, the banter between Jace and Clary was funny and Isabelle is an underrated queen that deserved more "screentime". I was afraid she and Clary would've stayed "enemies" just for the sake of girl drama but I'm glad I got them being friendly at the end (they should've been lesbians, just saying).
Still it took me longer than I expected to get through this because for a looooong time, the plot just didn't progress at all. I felt we were just being dragged along to all these different little adventures set up purposefully for Clary to find out more about the Shadow World. I'm hoping that the second book, having more of the world set up and explained, will feel a bit faster on the pacing.
Act III was kind of wild with all the reveals and the ENTIRE CHAPTER dedicated to Luke just infodumping his entire backstory to us. At one point, I was having such a hard time keeping up with all the surnames for Clary's family! And the confrontation with Valentine felt so goofy and over the top, only missing out on a villainous monologue as he explained all his plans.
Can't wait to see how Cassandra Clare is going to work out the "sibling” conundrum (as I said above, just make Clary and Isabelle a couple, I promise it'll be so much better!)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gore and Blood
Minor: Homophobia and Incest
infjkiki'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail