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dosxhime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
It feels like a lot of details are just dumped onto you, without letting all this new information soak in. I would be normally fine with this, since I'm mostly into the characters for a good ol YA novel.
However, I felt that they fell flat and I really couldn't care what happened to any of them. It just felt meh. I can see the potential in the MI world and I love how Clare builds them up. So points for potential.
3.5 / 5 C-
Moderate: Incest, Violence, Murder, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
qcupquake's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
- i LOVED this book
- jace>>>>>
- i went into this book knowing that
- THE PLOT TWIST WHEN
- BRO ALSO LUKE WAS
- imagining jcb as jace was just <3333 bc i love jcb and he's a perfect cast for jace
- loved this book and cannot wait to read the rest of the series
Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping
Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Incest, and Grief
Minor: Child death and Death of parent
jaynovara's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Incest, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Confinement, Homophobia, and Fire/Fire injury
happilyeveralli's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent
Moderate: Homophobia and Injury/Injury detail
rosegoldrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I bought it three years ago because I suddenly remembered my friends being obsessed with the Shadowhunters franchise and wanted to learn what the fuss was about.
I had to have read the first half of the book at least three times at this point, so it went a bit easier. The world-building parts, however, felt like trudging through mud and sometimes made me put the book down for days. The chapters I enjoyed the most were definitely the ones focused on the characters and their interactions, but the pace picked up toward the end, too.
I also cannot fail to mention how annoying I found Clary in the early chapters. While I appreciate the diversity of main character personalities, she was the shining example of the "not like other girls" trope and I found myself rolling my eyes every time she'd want to slap someone for merely existing.
I figured out the plot twist midway through the book, but in a way, it helped fuel me because I just had to see if I was right.
Graphic: Death, Incest, and Blood
Moderate: Violence and Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
8momo8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Death and Violence
astrocorde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Si lo hubiera leído a los trece años cuando la mayoría de mis amigas lo leyeron, habría dicho muchísimas cosas completamente distintas a ahora. Por ejemplo, hubiera dejado pasar decenas de errores de coherencia y cohesión en la escritura, como escribir el nombre de la protagonista dos veces en la misma oración, ser redundante en otros casos… o los cambios sin sentidos de no solo el punto de vista de la narración. Que sí, puede ser interesante en algún momento pasar de lo que piensa Clary a Jace cuando las cosas están tensas, pero no en el medio de un capítulo sin más, para después pasar de la nada una vez más a ver todo de los ojos de la protagonista. No solo eso, sino que también de narrador,
Se sintió en parte una copia de una copia de una copia. No hay ningún elemento nuevo más allá de usar el concepto de los ángeles, en comparación de lo que era una estantería de novedades en una librería una década atrás. Acá, Cassandra mezcló absolutamente todos los clichés
Hablando de Clary, es un personaje plano. Ahora que lo terminé de leer, realmente no recuerdo mucho respecto a ella más allá de algo relacionado con Jace o La Clave. Sí, le gusta dibujar, pero es algo que mencionan a mitad del libro de manera rápida porque necesitaban que lo pueda hacer bien para
También, la lectura no presenta siquiera una frase memorable y, aunque parezca algo poco relevante, es algo que detesto. Porque bien, lo concedo, hay frases que los personajes dicen que en parte suenan memorables, pero al mismo tiempo lo hace sonar un tanto pretencioso. Si en lo que escribís, más siendo una saga que llegó a calar tanto en la cultura popular de ese entonces, no tiene ninguna frase que sirva como recuerdo más allá de algún comentario filoso de Jace… termina siendo un meh.
La única que realmente me llamó fue el diálogo entre
Sin embargo, todo el libro como un producto final
Espero que, en los próximos libros, mejoren todos los puntos que mencioné.
PD. Me puse a leer respecto al asunto de un posible plagio de esta trama, más teniendo en cuenta que todo empezó como un fanfic, y no puedo creer la cantidad de foros y páginas que comparan esta obra no solo con Harry Potter, sino con otras obras.
PD2. Qué estafa que no hayan puesto a los dos hermanos Daddario como Alec e Isabelle en la serie.
PD3. A partir del próximo libro voy a puntuar según mis criterios de siempre, así que es muy improbable que se mantenga un 4, a menos que en serio valga la pena.
PD4. Que alguien me explique por el amor de Dios por qué en la edición de inglés tiene la portada de Ciudad de Hueso en Ciudad de Ceniza en la versión de español y viceversa (¡!) Me estresa demasiado, no les voy a mentir.
Graphic: Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and War
Moderate: Incest
_polly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Incest, and Blood
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Child abuse
jodierose14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Death and Violence
neomreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Again I loved the universe, and some of the characters but the thing that tik me off was the incest
I read the reviews once when I was reading the book and I found out about y'know who are siblings and by then I couldn't fully enjoy the book from there.
The author had so much potential and if it wasn't for that, I would have probably read the rest of the series.
Moderate: Incest, Violence, and Blood