Reviews tagging 'Grief'

City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

16 reviews

mir_frog73's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

For having started this book In 2022 and then only reading 200 pages to finish it within a week seems so strange. This book was so much fun, I’m quite excited to get to other Shadowhunter books that I’ve forbidden myself from reading until I finished this. The plot was truly plotting so hard if only I had read the next chapter back In 2022 because this book truly picked up and never slowed down. 

I’ve heard so many good things about the infernal devices from my friends but I think the eldest curses will have to be my next books because I’ve waited long enough for them I think.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gore, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Incest

ashe01's review

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

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

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

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

I have no words. I sobbed through the end. I aspire to write like Cassandra. The ending is my favorite. I don’t know what else to say. Incredible book—the perfect ending to this perfect series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Incest, War, Grief, and Gore

There is a sex scene toward the 3/4 mark. I wouldn’t say it’s graphic, but it does include a lot of kissing and vague descriptions of the act.

kal517'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Incest

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

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

Minor: Sexual content

oystersauce's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Incest, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Homophobia

abby_can_read's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

3.0

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I'll be honest it was stubbornness that got me this far in the series. I can see why this series is popular though personally I thought it was alright. Cassandra Clare is a talented writer.

I thought this book was alright and I enjoyed parts of it. The last 200ish pages were better than the beginning of the book. I felt this book had a good balance between fantasy and romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Incest, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia and Infidelity

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad 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

4.0

The Details:
Narrated by Grant Cartwright and Eloise Oxer
Unabridged

I felt this was definitely epic in proportions and so much happened but I did feel a lesser connection to what was happening and found myself being not as compelled to pick it up. I think it may have been because I blended read the first few books and appreciated taking the words in as I listened, but just listening this time round (and the 5th book) felt too overwhelming for the amount of plot development that evolved.

That being said, I was still super invested and when events were unfolding in the demon realms my heart felt like it was in my throat.

Simon did the damn thing and I've never felt myself clench in anticipation and worry so much whilst reading something!

The last 20% really took off and despite me not feeling really secured in how everything had got to the point, I was still here for the ride.

A fantastic journey this has been, finally picking up The Mortal Instruments over these last couple months! Onto the next series set in the world of the Shadowhunters, relatively soon, I hope!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, War, Genocide, Homophobia, Child death, Toxic friendship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Torture, Stalking, Infidelity, Violence, Toxic relationship, Slavery, and Self harm

Minor: Death of parent

lilo000's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

It felt like a bit more of an ending than City of Glass. I think it helps to think of the first three books in this series as the trilogy and the second set of three books as a seauel trilogy. I was sad that this was the end of the series and didn't fully realize until halfway through the book. As expected of the final book of a series, lots of loose ends/unfinished stories were tied up. A good ending to the series - finished up the plot points that needed to be wrapped up. I need to see if the characters were this self-aware in the previous book, because with a lot of the dialogue/interactions it really felt like a couple of them had gone through years of therapy between this book and the last. Really had its Spiderman: No Way Home moment. I had far too many moments trying to figure out where each familiar last name and name came from but eventually gave up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Infidelity

rchatterjee188's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, War, and Genocide

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Kidnapping