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A review by kanmanis972
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
3.5
3.5/5: i’m bumping it up bc it’s a pretty enjoyable book overall just not what i expected from “the best series in the shadowverse” and i was being a little too harsh. (1/19/23)
3.25/5: this was underwhelming. it’s good for what it is - a cassandra clare ya fantasy - but nothing about this book really stood out to me. first of all - as much as i loved seeing will, jen and tessa again (the infernal devices were so bomb) - their depictions as adults felt shallow and one-dimensional. the plot was pretty predictable and it felt like a lot of moments from the previous books were being recycled and there were quite a few moments resolved by convenience. the main characters were also kinda shallow and boring and lack the complexity i was expecting from them. but the story overall was still interesting enough to finish reading. the writing, however, was really simple and lackluster (maybe just in comparison to all the beautiful prose i’ve been reading recently). i’ll still prolly give the sequel a shot but i remember shadowhunter books hitting way harder.
3.25/5: this was underwhelming. it’s good for what it is - a cassandra clare ya fantasy - but nothing about this book really stood out to me. first of all - as much as i loved seeing will, jen and tessa again (the infernal devices were so bomb) - their depictions as adults felt shallow and one-dimensional. the plot was pretty predictable and it felt like a lot of moments from the previous books were being recycled and there were quite a few moments resolved by convenience. the main characters were also kinda shallow and boring and lack the complexity i was expecting from them. but the story overall was still interesting enough to finish reading. the writing, however, was really simple and lackluster (maybe just in comparison to all the beautiful prose i’ve been reading recently). i’ll still prolly give the sequel a shot but i remember shadowhunter books hitting way harder.