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uselesspirateraven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.25
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Terminal illness, and Blood
Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Infertility and Panic attacks/disorders
annikare's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping and Death of parent
matildasouthern'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: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility, Sexism, and Alcohol
thecamcollective'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
4.75
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
Mind the tags but think about them in the context of a YA fantasy series that centers around angel warriors that hunt demons and deal with supernatural creatures, such as warlocks, vampires, werewolves, etc. Additionally, the sexism is period-typical sexism and misogyny.tmholsman_1994's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Torture
Moderate: Drug abuse and Blood
Minor: Infertility and Death of parent
sammymilfort's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
nicnocs511'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: Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug abuse and Sexual assault
bludgeoned_by_hail's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
Clare's writing style is very skillful, the plot is tense and exciting, the shadowy fantasy underworld of London has a great atmosphere, and the themes of interracial tensions, prejudice, loyalty and duty are handled with more nuance and subtlety than the usual in YA.
However, for all of its strengths, the book can't help but tumble into the tropes, pitfalls and 2010-isms of its genre, including but not limited to: the naive and plain but extraordinary young heroine plunged into an unknown magic world, the uninspired love triangle of a dark bad boy and a sensitive blonde boy, the Magic Academy turned new home hidden from humans, a conspicuous amount of orphans, and a sarcastic quip per page ratio constantly approaching critical levels. The déja vu gets especially grating if you're familiar with Clare's past work (which this is a prequel of).
Despite all of this, there is still a lot of promise and professionality at display, some genuinely great character work, and the bones for a nice trilogy.
I hope you're finally satisfied Veerliene xx
Moderate: Drug use and Violence
Minor: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
thebankofbooks'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
zsofi_reads'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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping