Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Łańcuch z cierni by Cassandra Clare

44 reviews

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

This was a great finale! I laughed, cried, was stressed. The poor Merry Thieves were put through so much in this series! I do think that parts near the beginning could have been trimmed or cut out - this book dragged through the beginning and was longer than it needed to be. But I did enjoy as we got farther into the book and the ending was brilliant. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

taryn_g's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing

fremzz's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Pregnancy

victoriapatella'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? Yes

4.25

I overall really enjoyed this book! Definitely has the typical Cassie style, though I will say this book was particularly romance-focused (which isn’t a bad thing for me!). I love the romance—particularly all the pairings in this story—but I would have liked to see more demon battles.

I also found the end a little predictable, with James stabbing himself with Cortana and Cordelia healing him immediately after. Because of that, I didn’t really feel the magnitude of tension that I would have expected to feel for a final battle.

Overall though, I think Cassie did a great job developing some of the couples that I was DYING to get more content of (Thomas and Alastair my beloveds, plus Anna and Ari). I also think Grace’s story was handled well—I think the reactions to the truth of her and James’ “relationship” were realistic for each character. God I just love these characters so much, Cassie has such a way of making us fall in love with her characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Pregnancy

stxrlightreaderxx's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Outing and Injury/Injury detail

kassidyreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

aj_doyle's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and War

Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Colonisation

kaseybereading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

lexnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Grief