Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

7 reviews

ashe01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

A beautiful, BEAUTIFUL ending to this series!!! I laughed, cried, was on the edge of my seat, and every other emotion possible! So many memorable and well-written moments. I’m so sad it’s over, but I will definitely be reading the rest of Clare’s books in the Shadow world!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual content, Torture, and Abandonment

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

allisonbrooke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and War

jaynovara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Alcohol

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

Beautiful wrap up to the series. Bring tissues for both happy and sad tears. A thrilling last installment to this series and I will greatly miss all the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Murder, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

If I could, I would rate different sections of this book different things, but alas I can only give one rating so I give it three stars.

First, the things I didn’t like. This “ending” is kind of lackluster, and Sebastian’s motivation felt weak and contrived. The introduction of seven brand new characters was definitely put in for the sole purpose of getting people to read the dark artifices books. There were too many references to the infernal devices for my liking, and honestly this book felt less like the conclusion of a six book story and more like a way for the publisher to get readers to read six more books. Also, these two wars both took place over about 5-6 months and that feels ridiculous to me. This series should have taken place over a year or two, not a season or two.

Now for the things that I did like. I really enjoyed the banter between the main crew. I loved how their relationships developed, and how they grew. I like that a good chunk of the book was devoted to resolution. I like that choices had consequences, though I think some of those those consequences could have been both stronger and some seemed overly harsh. I like that Simon had his moment in the spotlight (he’s probably my favorite character and the character that has the most growth over the series). 

Overall, this book was fine. The second half of this series is not super worth the read unless you’re a big lover of this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

This plot was a hot mess 😂 but somehow I liked this more than the previous books in the series! I didn't skim read like the last two. I still don't like Jace and Clary but they didn't annoy me as much through this book. ALEC HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE A BADASS and people need to appreciate him more! Loved the Malec moments. They drove me through the book. And Maia of course! She is awesome. 

FINALLY DONE TMI! Goodness. Loved the cameos of other characters and getting to meet Emma and the Blackthorns!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

WHY does the incest keep coming back. It's so unnecessary.