Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

City of Bones, by Cassandra Clare

5 reviews

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

You really hit the ground running with this book. An exciting story start to finish with an intriguing “other” world that exists within our own. The characters could have been fleshed out more but it is only the first book. I’m interested to know more about this bad guy and the plot twist at the end is a bit heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, and Incest

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Death, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Car accident, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

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

4.0

I read these books years ago, and upon a reread they do NOT disappoint. The relationships move a bit more quickly than I would typically like, but with all the other worldbuilding aspects going on at the same time it balances out the fantasy with moments more grounded in reality. I'm looking forward to revisiting the rest of these books and finally finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, and Child abuse

veganecurrywurst's review

adventurous dark

• 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? Yes

4.0

Cassandra Clare is one of the better authors of the ya-fantasy genre and if you overlook her ripping of another writer, you can actually enjoy this book. The characters and the storyline are fine and it's easy to read. But what is that awful "is it or isn't it incest" storyline. We definitely could have done without it, ma'am. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Incest

mia_s_book_'s review

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Gore, Gaslighting, Incest, Kidnapping, and Murder