Friday, July 22, 2011

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....



My rating: 4 stars of 5
Characters were annoying
WARNING: CONTAINS SEVERAL SPOILERS, I WAS ON A RAMPAGE.


I have read this book several times. No -- I've read this series several times. It is my favorite of all series. There are things about this book that I hate but there are overall things that I love.



Alright, down to the nitty gritty:



As I started this over again, I already knew what was going to happen so I tried looking for things that I most likely skimmed over the first time I read it.



I just want to say that: I hate how cocky Jace is. I mean, I just don't get it. We have to have a guy who loves himself to bits and pieces but then we have a girl who, of course, doesn't think she's beautiful. Is there a book out there where the main character, preferablly a girl, thinks she is at least pretty? I don't want conceited but, really... Can't I just have a girl where she thinks she's a little bit attractive?



Another: Why can't we just think of something cooler than a magical cup?! I still don't understand how this cup turns people into Shadowhunters, probably just another thing I skimmed over. But why can't we have like, a magic potion, a glass flower, A MAGICAL COW?! But a cup? I liked Alec's idea of a Mortal Toilet Bowl rather than the Mortal Cup.



Next: Can we be a little more predictable? Simon is in love with Clary. WOAH, WHO SAID THAT?! Not me, because it wasn't obvious or anything. I hate love triangles. I really do. But if that's all that makes a story then there must be a problem with something or another.



On and on again: I do love how Cassandra writes. I know a lot of people say they hate her writing style but, I, for one, love it. I don't like Cassandra Clare as a person, though. I have talked to her once and, she could've been friendlier. THAT'S NOT THE POINT.



Alec: This I sorta saw coming. Gay? Nah, I thought that maybe he was hiding something but not the fact that he was in love with Jace. But as I reread it, I saw the foreshadowing more and more.



I know this review is tedious and pointless and I haven't even finished my reread. But I know someone agrees with me on most of this..

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Friday, July 22, 2011

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

This was taken from goodreads.com/jess_readerwriter, I wrote the review freely and I apologize if the reviews are not written in a professional manner.

Synopsis: When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder - much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing - not even a smear of blood - to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?

This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know....



My rating: 4 stars of 5
Characters were annoying
WARNING: CONTAINS SEVERAL SPOILERS, I WAS ON A RAMPAGE.


I have read this book several times. No -- I've read this series several times. It is my favorite of all series. There are things about this book that I hate but there are overall things that I love.



Alright, down to the nitty gritty:



As I started this over again, I already knew what was going to happen so I tried looking for things that I most likely skimmed over the first time I read it.



I just want to say that: I hate how cocky Jace is. I mean, I just don't get it. We have to have a guy who loves himself to bits and pieces but then we have a girl who, of course, doesn't think she's beautiful. Is there a book out there where the main character, preferablly a girl, thinks she is at least pretty? I don't want conceited but, really... Can't I just have a girl where she thinks she's a little bit attractive?



Another: Why can't we just think of something cooler than a magical cup?! I still don't understand how this cup turns people into Shadowhunters, probably just another thing I skimmed over. But why can't we have like, a magic potion, a glass flower, A MAGICAL COW?! But a cup? I liked Alec's idea of a Mortal Toilet Bowl rather than the Mortal Cup.



Next: Can we be a little more predictable? Simon is in love with Clary. WOAH, WHO SAID THAT?! Not me, because it wasn't obvious or anything. I hate love triangles. I really do. But if that's all that makes a story then there must be a problem with something or another.



On and on again: I do love how Cassandra writes. I know a lot of people say they hate her writing style but, I, for one, love it. I don't like Cassandra Clare as a person, though. I have talked to her once and, she could've been friendlier. THAT'S NOT THE POINT.



Alec: This I sorta saw coming. Gay? Nah, I thought that maybe he was hiding something but not the fact that he was in love with Jace. But as I reread it, I saw the foreshadowing more and more.



I know this review is tedious and pointless and I haven't even finished my reread. But I know someone agrees with me on most of this..

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