Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Ciudad de cristal by Cassandra Clare

18 reviews

bookthief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

I LOVED IT !! It was, again, sooo much better than the other two books in the series so far. It was super intense and the plot was incredible.
I thought it was great for them to go to Idris. I loved how the city was described and I was super glad that the whole book was set there. 
When Clary and Luke got to Alicante I was surprised that he had a sister, Amatis, since she had never been mentioned before. She was an excellent character, being like a mother figure to Clary and always trying to stand up for her and to keep her out of trouble. I hope we get to see more of her in the next books!
I can’t say that I am surprised that Simon got locked up in the Gard but I was surprised with the fact that he didn’t want to get rescued. He was definitely more mature in this book which I preferred to him being an annoying, geeky boy. 
Also I was surprised that Samuel was actually Hodge! I was not expecting that at all.
Clary and Jaces relationship at the beginning was definitely awkward and rocky, but I liked that they teamed up to get the book for Magnus from Jaces childhood home. I thought that it was really clever to have the book inside a cooking book and I was shocked when they discovered Ithuriel in the cellar!
When the demons came into Alicante I was shook. So many shadowhunters had gotten killed, including little Max which was super upsetting. 
Sebastian (Jonathon) was a walking red flag from the beginning, how they did not know he was dodgy is beyond me. 
When Clary made the alliance rune I thought it was really really cool and the fact that the Clave finally let downworlders have a seat on the Clave was extraordinary. 
The way Sebastian handled Jace in the cave was actually brutal. He was sooo cruel no wonder he has demon blood in him. 
I was glad that Jace and Clary were able to discover they weren’t siblings, so they can finally be together:)
I was actually shocked when Jace got killed. I was like ‘how are these last three books going to be good without Jace’ but of course Clary came to the rescue. She spoke to Raziel and was able to bring Jace back from the dead which was phenomenal. 
I really don’t believe that Sebastian is dead, he is definitely going to appear again !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, War, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Incest

barbarella85's review against another edition

adventurous

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

Blended reading (audio + physical)

The Details:
Narrated by Natalie Moore
Unabridged

I really enjoyed seeing the magical world of Idris. I think being in this world and seeing the different culture there created even more enjoyment and helped to make this one of my favourite reads of the series so far.

So many pivotal points happened in the 3rd installment - I wonder if it was originally a series of trilogies because this felt like a really satisfying conclusion.

The family dynamics got so much more messy and complex, I was constantly shocked by all the reveals - it was fantastic! 

Simon flourished in this book. I can see great things for him in the future and I really want to see him succeed.

I loved seeing the dynamic between the nephilim and the downworlders adapt throughout this story. It wasn't a simple fix, but took time, had conspiracies and duplicity and was a great use of plot development. 

Can't wait to read book 4.

oh my gosh, poor Max :( that's so sad! 
I also felt bad again for my bestie Simon. He's always being used - Isabelle using him as a distraction for her grief over the death of her little brother... but I mean  hey at least she said that's what it is straight away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, War, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, Death, Genocide, Outing, Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, and Violence

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

5.0

The tension and suspense and worldbuilding and character growth and ROMANCE and angst and pure silliness in this book was EVERYTHING I needed.

10/10 recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Murder, War, Blood, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Grief, Sexual content, and Gore

Minor: Pregnancy

irisvdn's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, War, Murder, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide

thatbookbitch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Outing, Animal cruelty, Child death, Genocide, and Rape

Minor: Mental illness, Abandonment, and Suicide

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

3.75

questions answered finally but jeez that took way too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Death, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Hate crime, Incest, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Homophobia, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Suicide

mxbluet18's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

Trigger warnings for City of Glass include: homophobia and hate crimes; incest (except not quite), sexual assault, child abuse (recounted),domestic violence recounted, hallucinations,
graphic suicide & self harm recounted; pregnancy & childbirth mentioned; blood & gore depiction, including blood-drinking. Physical injuries,
dead bodies and medical content;
forced starvation; grief & loss depiction; deaths, murder & attempted murder; knife violence & stabbing; torture, poisoning, kidnapping and imprisonment; war themes & battle scenes.
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I wasn't really paying a great deal if attention to this book as I was listening to it quite honestly. I've read this one before, and therefore already knew the major plot points before they happened. For the most part there weren't really any surprises in it, except for a few scenes I'd forgotten happened.
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I'm glad I reread it because I do like this series but ultimately I just needed to read it to be able to get on to other books in this series I haven't read yet or don't remember all that well, like The Dark Artifices series.
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As sad as this book might be for someone reading it for the first time, I didn't really feel any kind of emotions towards the events of the book despite knowing those things are sad things to have happened. And I don't know how to feel having finished the 3rd book in the main Mortal Instruments series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, Body horror, Self harm, Grief, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Abandonment, Blood, Homophobia, and Medical content

qcupquake's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

City of Glass
4.75/5

- i really liked this book. it kept me hooked and the plot twists (the ones i didn't see coming such as

Hodge being Samuel

) made me jaw drop
- yk again i could really do without the whole

Clary and Jace believe they are siblings but still go for it anyways thing. and it didn't have to drag on for TWO AND A HALF BOOKS

- i also could've done without that whole thing between Sebastian and Clary

especially since there's a chance Sebastian knew Clary was his sister :/

- anyways ignoring that, i loved seeing Idris and i love that the whole plot was located there
- oh my god 

valentine died thank god i hated him i also hated that he killed jace

- this is pretty close up there with City of Bones (maybe it's a bit higher idk) but City of Ashes is definitely the worst one so far 
- ALSO WHY DID

MAX HAVE TO DIE

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Incest, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Incest

micaelamariem's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

Loved the epic battle scenes and the descriptions. Maybe a little hard to get into at first 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Bullying, Grief, Suicide, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail