Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

La mano scarlatta by Wesley Chu, Cassandra Clare

7 reviews

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

cortanasreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

This book was such a win for the gays! I don’t know why it took me so long to get into The Eldest Curses, but it was incredibly emotional to read into so much adorable, domestic malec content and hilarious cameos from other beloved tsc characters. It aims to tell the story of Alec and Magnus’ before all the drama and traverses through things that happened in between TMI (if you know, you know). Reading this made me feel only a fraction of what I felt reading shadowhunters for the first time, so this was a nostalgic read that hits bullseye to a reader’s heart. This book was able to give me an adventurous, hilarious story with queer characters accompanied by a form of nostalgia and lingering sadness that’s always going to be there when I read those familiar names. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Outing

binches's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

rating: very good ⭐⭐⭐⭐
personal enjoyment rating: exceptional ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

the plot twist was a bit obvious, but I still appreciated this story so much.
it was structured a bit differently than other shadowhunters novels which was a nice refreshing touch: it's a queer traveling adventure about trying to solve a mystery that also ties in the stuff already known about the universe and sets up its own story arc focused around Magnus' legacy

I enjoyed this book a lot :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Moderate: Racism

blueberry0531's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Confinement and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

phily_g_123's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Fire/Fire injury