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annikenr's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence and War
sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Okay, wow. This was a thing. I know Cassandra Clare used to write Harry Potter fanfic in her LiveJournal days (and she used to bully teens on LJ as well), and in her some of her HP fanfics she would write Ron and Ginny as being in a romantic relationship, even though they're siblings. So she obviously has an interest in incest because this whole incest plotline is just a replay of her Ron/Ginny fanfics. I can't stand it, it makes my skin crawl.
Ignoring the incest issue, this book was really boring for about 60% of the way through and then after that point the action started to pick up. When the action picked up I just remember thinking "why should I care about these characters?" Most of the characters, like Alec and Isabell, are one dimensional characters and I have no interest in them.
Isn't Magnus a 1,000 year old Warlock? Why is he dating a 17 year old Alec? Why is he interested in dating a teen, he's old as hell. He's way too old to be dating Alec, that's worst than some Bella and Edward, Twilight shit.
I might continue this series because I recently found 20 Clare books at a thrift store and this series was among the books I found. I want to see what happens when Jocelynn wakes up and I want to know what it means now that Simon can go into the light despite being a Vampire, after he drank Jace's blood. I don't know if it's worth it to read the rest of the series to find out or if it would be better to just look up spoilers.
This book was a miss for me.
I'm giving it 2.5 (rounded up to 3) stars out of 5 stars
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Ignoring the incest issue, this book was really boring for about 60% of the way through and then after that point the action started to pick up. When the action picked up I just remember thinking "why should I care about these characters?" Most of the characters, like Alec and Isabell, are one dimensional characters and I have no interest in them.
Isn't Magnus a 1,000 year old Warlock? Why is he dating a 17 year old Alec? Why is he interested in dating a teen, he's old as hell. He's way too old to be dating Alec, that's worst than some Bella and Edward, Twilight shit.
I might continue this series because I recently found 20 Clare books at a thrift store and this series was among the books I found.
This book was a miss for me.
I'm giving it 2.5 (rounded up to 3) stars out of 5 stars
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Incest, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
emilia_thereader's review against another edition
I could not get past the writing with this book. Everything felt all over the place with the plot and I did not really connect with any of the characters. It also put me in a reading slump and I tried to pick it up multiple times but I think I’ll maybe try this one later. Big maybe though. I had really high expectations due to the hype which also probably contributed to me struggling with this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Death and Toxic relationship
Minor: Body horror and Murder
maruu_t's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Incest
La verdad que pensé que no me iba a gustar porque cuando lo leí en su momento no me gustó pero está bastante bueno, me gustó el avance que todos los personajes tuvieron en el libro pero más que nada el de Jace. Espero que Clary deje de agarrarsela con Maia porque sino a las piñas.