Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

63 reviews

lara_ayrolla's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Outing

sharkyray's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

I look forward to reading more in this universe! Some of the characters used obnoxious vocabulary - using big words for younger characters that were entirely unnecessary. 

I didn’t see the whole

you kissed your sibling, surprise! a la Star Wars

I thought the twist was a bit convoluted, and I didn’t find the whole setup entirely believable- I had to reread it a couple times to understand what all Valentine was supposed to have done. 

You can tell it was written for a younger audience, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

rubyrosebellamy's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

We are so back!! I'm so excited to reread this series, I remember being obsessed with it when I was younger.
Still kinda holds up, some weird stereotypes, and everyone is a bit of a dick at times, but it's still pretty enjoyable to read.
The incest plotline absolutely kills me Everytime, SO OUT OF POCKET??? Cassandra Clare, eat you're heart out I guess....

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Homophobia, Torture, Colonisation, and Classism

brimacca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

quinnpjd930's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

llewellareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Incest, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, and Cursing

Minor: Animal death, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

nancymae_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Incest, Blood, and Death of parent

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.0

Points deducted for the casual fatphobia and homophobia

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Suicide