Reviews tagging 'Murder'

City of Ashes, by Cassandra Clare

14 reviews

psliz's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

nothing if not action-packed and drama oriented! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, War, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Misogyny, Incest, Homophobia, Hate crime, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Child death, Death, and Bullying

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Blood

rachwalker's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Gore, Murder, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Incest

emilia_thereader's review against another edition

I could not get past the writing with this book. Everything felt all over the place with the plot and I did not really connect with any of the characters. It also put me in a reading slump and I tried to pick it up multiple times but I think I’ll maybe try this one later. Big maybe though. I had really high expectations due to the hype which also probably contributed to me struggling with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death

Minor: Murder and Body horror

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Kidnapping

bblanka's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Incest

Minor: War

alisasreads'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

4.0

i liked it but i don't feel like much happened in this book, i mostly cared for the characters not rly for the plot. i do look forward to reading city of glass. anyways simon lewis main slayer <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Blood

michalie's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

mollydollydoodah's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was much more captivating than the first one. I really enjoyed it, and I read the entire thing in one sitting. It was very interesting and a lot frustrating when it came to the romance side of things, and I really hope that figures itself out soon because I’m dying over here. It was thrilling and adventurous and at times very much gave me second-hand embarrassment, but I thoroughly enjoyed this and couldn’t put it down. It’s one am rn as I’m writing this, but I’ll be glad to start the next novel as soon as I wake up tomorrow. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death

ajcr0wley'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? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Incest

readwithria'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

4.0

I'm pleasantly surprised at how well these books have held up, both to time in general and to me being older than the target age range. I really enjoyed the pace, the action, the characters, and the continued worldbuilding. The addition of new Downworlder characters added more depth to an already exciting world.

My one complaint, which made me consider dropping my rating from a 4 to a 3, was the relationship dynamic between Clary and Jace.

Spoiler

Okay, so at the end of the last book, we are told that these two love interests are siblings. We have no reason to believe that this isn't true. Before this information was revealed, they were love interests. Now in book two, they are still pining for each other even though THEY FULLY BELIEVE THEY'RE SIBLINGS. Neither of them is under the impression that Valentine lied to them, they're both fully on the same page about being siblings, but they also both have the hots for each other. SPOILER FOR BOOK THREE:

Spoiler

of course, anyone who has completed the third book knows that they aren't actually related at all, but another love interest of Clary's is actually related to her.

Why all the almost-incest, Cassie? Why?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Kidnapping, and Murder