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annakh16's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Pregnancy and Outing
the_true_monroe's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
cait'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
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail
emsavors'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: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail
kayanoelle'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? It's complicated
3.75
I love the whole shadowhunter universe and these characters but I don't know.
First up, I didn't like the love triangle and the unnecessary drama it caused, I couldn't help but think that
I also noticed that there wasn't really much of a storyline because there were so many scenes with all the couples or friendgroups/ friendships which I didn't necessarily hate BUT it really took away from the plot tbh.
Considering that there were so many scenes where people just talked, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get a Tessa×Will or Jem×Will (!!!) scene (I know that it's a trilogy about their kids but still..) especially because this was the last book in which Will is alive (😭).
To be fair, there were a lot of times when Will and Tessa were mentioned or Will said something funny.
I would've loved Tessa as a single character to be more present as well but we can't all get what we want😔🤩 and I was thinking that maybe she's gonna be more present in the wicked powers (🤞🏻🤞🏻).
I was disappointed in the ending as well. Even though the atmosphere Cassie created was positively creepy (and I loved that), the conflict was too easily resolved in the end and everything just worked out???
Another major aspect is that we didn't get to see the family of a certain someone who died (😤) grieving at all and the merry thieves' reaction was a wee bit weird/ downplayed imo but okay.
Now the things I loved. This book was FUNNY. I laughed out loud a lot. As mentioned before, there was lots of development for the couples which, as a long time fan of this universe, was exciting.
Christopher was my favorite character this book and his storyline with Grace plus the Thomas×Alastair one was the best one by far!!
Alastair had amazing character development throughout the whole series and to see the "result" in this book was amazing!!!
I LOVE Grace, she's such a complex character and I was glad to see her incorporated into the story and into the friend group as well.
I'm also a big fan of Eugenia, I was so happy every time she tagged along on a mission<3
Overall, I'm very happy with the character and relationship aspect of this final book but feel that the plot had much more potential.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Outing
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Homophobia and Miscarriage
taryn_g'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Confinement, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Outing
stxrlightreaderxx'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? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Grief
Minor: Outing and Injury/Injury detail