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Miasto Kości by Cassandra Clare

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mads_reads_books's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Points deducted for the casual fatphobia and homophobia

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luah_'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

It was okay, it wasn't great in my opinion, I didn't like that Cassandra

make them kiss and then tell us that they are SIBLINGS, and even after that she told us that clary keep thinking him a little bit in a romantic way. And I felt like that revelation was so out of nowhere, maybe it was just me but I feel like it was just for the shock. I also felt so gross with the Magnus insinuation with Alec, like he is a grown ass men and alec is a teenager

Even after that, it wasn't so bad, I didn't got attached with any of the characters but I like the universe that she created.

It wasn't memorable but it was nice for kill time.

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sunny_bunny2006's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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

4.5

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mousmoulo's review against another edition

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4.5

the fomo finally got to me but it was worth it

and now, a quick (ο θεός να το κάνει) rant about the infamous ✨incest plot✨:

okay i have a bone to pick with y'all LMAO. i have a sibling so, needless to say, i can't imagine anything more disgusting as a concept than incest. BUT FUCKING COME ON. y'all narrowed it down to "ew incest 🤢 we don't talk about tmi because of the incest" & THEN THE INCEST IS ALL ABOUT DESTRUCTION. it's about valentine taking away the one good thing clary & jace have found. it's about valentine making sure jace can never love clary because he found comfort in her, & valentine can't allow that because he knows who & what jace values more. it's about turning the aforementioned comfort into disgust, into something instantaneously forbidden & unattainable. it's about making one hate the guts of the person the other loves (jocelyn). it's about valentine knowing painfully, terrifyingly well what jace wants (a family) & giving him the worst version of it (his horrible father is alive & fucking evil, his mother abandoned him, the girl he's in love with is his sister). it's about clary & jace embracing it anyway: ending on good terms, changing the trajectory of their relationship accordingly, as well as they can manage, choosing each other despite valentine's lies & manipulation. yes the idea of incest is disgusting, absolutely. but to narrow it down like that? media illiteracy at its finest. "this book has incest so it's embracing it, therefore it's disgusting & the author is disgusting & supports incest" -> what so many people have narrowed tmi down to & it's like. no. NO. NO ONE'S EMBRACING ANYTHING. incest is disgusting & THAT'S THE FUCKING POINT. we can't keep treating taboo topics so mindlessly, it doesn't take a phd in literary analysis to stop & think why the author made a choice they made. obvs i don't know how it will go in the next books but for now: I'M TIREDDDDDD i'm so so tired

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emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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unremi's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Actually a pretty enjoyable read! It was a bit longer than what I usually read and the plot twist was “interesting.” Even though it was a long book, the world building was really well done. An excellent fantasy choice! Clary is kinda dumb and the book leaves a cliffhanger because it’s a series, but that’s really my only critiques.

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