Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

18 reviews

_chrstnlvly's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? No

3.5

We all see what we want to see.

I didn't read The Mortal Instruments series when I was younger, but I'm glad that one of the Fable book clubs I joined will be reading the whole series in the next couple of months. 

City of Bones was funny, mainly because of Jace's sarcasm. I was engrossed in the story because it was action-packed. However, there were times when I felt that everything was an info dump, and the dialogue was cringe-worthy. Nevertheless, I heard that the writing improves as the series progresses. 

Despite these issues, I really enjoyed reading it and can't wait to read the rest of the series and become addicted to the Shadowhunters world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Abandonment

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

jadyn_renee62's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

green_amaryllis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

alisasreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

after years of watching the movie and tv show and being a fan ive finally decided im gonna read the books cuz i also just rly miss the characters. even tho its not the best thing ive ever read i adore the characters so much and i like the plot even tho i know most of it already. im more excited to read the next books tho since i dont know the plot of those that well. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

maruu_t's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Sinceramente, no recordaba casi nada de este libro y leerlo casi 5 años después me dí cuenta que cosas estaban realmente mal con este libro y que cosas safaban pero, LO QUE ME MOLESTA ES QUE NO ME ACORDABA QUE JACE Y CLARY SABÍAN DESDE EL FINAL DEL PRIMER LIBRO QUE ERAN "HERMANOS", ME VOY A LARGAR A LLORAR POR SABER QUE TENGO 5 LIBROS POR DELANTE CON ELLOS LAMENTANDOSE DE QUE SON HERMANOS Y NO PUEDEN ESTAR JUNTOS, NADIE LE DIJO A CASSANDRA CHE PIBA, NO DA HACER ESTO POR FAVOR SOLTÁ EL INCEST KINK. Quiero agradecer de que existe la pareja de Izzy y Simón y la de Alec y Magnus.

victoriassecretsss's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

narrpip's review

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