Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare

17 reviews

lovelymisanthrope's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I have slowly been making my way through The Shadowhunters' books for about a year now. After reading and loving The Infernal Devices series, I was apprehensive to pick up The Dark Artifices. Now that I have read two out of the three in The Dark Artifices series, I can guess that unless "Queen of Air and Darkness" does something super amazing, The Dark Artifices is my least favorite part of this series. 
This book felt three hundred pages too long with too many perspectives and far too much information for the reader to sift through. I struggled to get into this book for weeks, and when I finally got a little momentum, the story was almost over. I do enjoy how complex Cassandra Clare makes her world and how much detail she pours into her writing, but this was just too much for me. 
I do plan to continue my Shadowhunters journey, but I am more apprehensive to pick up an even longer Dark Artifices book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

em_davies7019'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

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Transphobia, and Grief

lujssday's review

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? N/A

5.0

what was that ending judith

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

thecourtofreading'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

"when people die, our dreams of what they could be die with them. even if ours is the hand that ends them."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Mental illness, Transphobia, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

I don't even have words. This book was a ROLLERCOASTER of emotions. And for anyone wondering, I was not okay and I definitely threw my book across my couch at the end 😅
I am very glad I have the next book and can jump in right away. No idea how everyone waited when they were being released...

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

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ellanarose's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

kt_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Mental illness, Transphobia, Blood, and Grief