City of Bones (2007)

Awful, un original (rip off of every other scifi/fantasy story told), ridiculous dialogue- what do people see in this book? I so wanted to love you yet I just couldn't believe the un originality in the plot twists, nor the dialogue or the characters. Bah! Not worth continuing but I will try one more since I've already bought Clockwork Angel....

I really enjoyed Cassandra Clare's world. I grew more and more engaged with the characters as they developed more fully. I quite like the new twist on the very popular faery, lycanthrope, vampire, and angel fiction that is so very prevalent these days. In a time where it has begun to be , done to death, so to speak, her work is original and satisfying. Definitely a fan of this series. ( )

I had been eyeing this book for months in my local library before I got my hand on it a year ago or so.
The blurb got me all hyped up, and I have never heard a word ‘Shadowhunter’ before, which probably was one of the reasons I had decided to give this book a try. And have to say, I’m so in love.

City of Bones began as our main character, Clary Fray, was going to a club with her friend, Simon. Once she was in, she unexpectedly saw quite a scene. Two boys, tailing a girl and a boy, with a knife on their hands.
Panicked, she followed them into an abandoned storage room, in which she witnessing what she thought was a murder. Only, the victim disappeared into the thin air, with no trace whatsoever.
It was that, and the kidnapping of her mother, that finally brought Clary to the dark world of Shadowhunter, and to the fact that would put her world in the brink of destruction.

The main character, Clary Fray, was a bit unappealing for me. It wasn’t that she was all whiny and annoying, bu t I think she didn’t stand out like she supposed to be. She sure had some character, but I think it wasn’t enough to make her quite distinctive.
On the other hand, I loved Clary’s counterpart, Jace Wayland. He could be as annoying and sarcastic as he could be, but caring and loving when he thought he wasn’t being watched. It’s nice to see another part that he tried to hide, his soft and loving side,surfacing in some parts of the story.

I also love Isabelle Lightwood, Jace’s sister-in-heart. I found her quite unique, with the mixture of fashionable, loud, devil-may-care, and badass. She was also fragile behind her strong facade, and that was exactly what I love about her. It made the character feel alive and truly blood and flesh.

The plot was quite interesting too, and I totally love Clare’s world-building. The Shadowhunter culture was deeply told, and it was detailed and believable without giving too much. The twist on the end of the book was very nice too, making the readers want more and eagerly waiting for the nest book, curious about how Clare would unfold and solve all of the problems (Which, trust me, seemed pretty much unsolvable).

The thing I don’t really like about this book was when Cassandra Clare told us a little bit too much about the surroundings, and when she tried (sometimes too much) to tell us something and comparing it to other thing. It was fine at first, but when I found it over and over in one page, it could become slightly annoying.

Overall, as an urban-fatasy chick, I absolutely love this book. And if you like fantasy and would love to immerse in Clare’s world of Shadowhunter, I totally recommend this. ( )

The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare was a pretty good book with amazing twists characters. This review will be pretty short because I don’t want to give away anything.
My favorite thing about this book was all of the twists and unexpected things that happen. At first I was pretty confused and at the end I was confused to but my confusion was resolved. Everything that I was confused about was explained about later. But all of the things that happen are crazy and pretty darn unexpected. For me if I cant guess what will happen then I think that the author did a really good job writing the book. There was one part that had me laughing. I want to think that it had a love triangle but honestly there really wasn’t and I cant tell you why because it will give away a major plot point.
Now I get into the characters, always my favorite part. First there’s Clarissa, or Clary. She’s so open with her thoughts that I love her. She feels things a lot and is a very curious person. Then there’s Jace. Oh my god, he’s just plain oh I don’t know. The main thing that I want to say about him is that he’s very unemotional, at least outwardly but inside and from time to time he lets the Clary know what he’s feeling and when he does he lets it all out. And all of the other characters are amazing too. There’s Simon, Isabelle, Alec and a ton of others.
One of the other things that I really enjoyed was the writing style. She writes really good and I just didn’t want to put it down. As I said before I really loved all of the plot and all of the twists and the characters.
I give this book a five out of five stars. I recommend it to YA lovers, I thinks it’s a high fantasy book. I really loved this book.

What a heap of garbage. I managed the first chapter, gave up, read the plot summary on Wikipedia, and found out I was right about just about everything that happens (apart from the whole incest thing, but whatever). This is the most cliched nonsense I've read for a long, long time, and that's saying something. The writing was laughable. And the rip-offs are utterly obvious - the whole opening scene reads very similar to many scenes from Buffy. Reading the plot summary, this sounds entirely devoid of any originality (though I can't comment on the specific comparisons to Harry Potter, Star Wars and Bleach that I've heard about because obviously I didn't read the thing). The dialogue was fucking juvenile. I... well, at least it gave me a good laugh!

I MIGHT finish it one day. Maybe. But only when I need something to write a vitriolic review about.