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frantically's review against another edition
- 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
Yes, it's a very long book and the beginning was very long-winded. Especially the whole love triangle thing, imo, we could've done without.
I enjoyed most of the other plot times a lot, though. We have a visit to Edom again (another good place for CC to be weird) but it isn't weird! Yay. There are a lot of redemption arcs, mainly for Grace and Alastair, and all of those were all believable and well done.
There is one character who dies and it was just such a cheap cop out. I truly don't think last books need to have tragic deaths to become tragic, there was already enough tragedy in this book. It felt like a "gotcha!" moment but a really cheap one.
We got some cute moments for the TID generation but through smart plot lines there were good reasons for them to not be available for most of the drama — this was their kids time to save the world (or...just London).
Overall, I'm still really happy with how this story ended and it was a quite satisfying ending to the TID/TLH story 🤍
Also: Shoutout to our ret-con queen Esme Hardcastle, wtf
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Xenophobia, and War
Minor: Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
cateemma's review against another edition
- 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
i found Chain of Thorns to be a bit slow and dragging, the plot was confusing and i know that’s because the characters don’t really know what’s going on but it just left me not knowing what was happening, so i was only invested in the romances, not the actual fantasy plotline with Belial and everything.
half the characters were very frustrating and half were wonderful.
so it was a mixed experience.
like i said above, i should’ve reread the first two books (and potentially the infernal devices as well) however i simply could not be bothered and i also was very excited to read this. there were just too many things i didn’t remember and while i could infer well enough it still would’ve been nice to understand more and also be more invested in the story and characters. i also read it in random chunks across about a week and i think that negatively impacted my reading experience too.
Graphic: Alcoholism and Death
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Miscarriage, Grief, and Death of parent
kassidyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
notmydayoff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Sexual harassment
Minor: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
viccocha's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Gore
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