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City of Lost Souls

Cassandra Clare

3.98 AVERAGE


I will start this by saying I loved this when it was a trilogy. I loved Clary, I kind of had a crush on Jace and I shipped Simon and Tessa, from her ~other series. It was fun and overdramatic and there were creatures, I couldn't not love this.

That's how, even though I disliked CoFA, I gave this a chance. I thought it would be like going on a third date with a guy who was nice on the first and boring on the second. I was wrong - this was like giving a second chance to the worst ex-boyfriend in history. The one who cheated on you with your best friend on your birthday and in front of everyone you know. Oh, and he never returned anything you left at his place.

Therefore, I read this even thought the synopsis gave no reason to believe the series got better. I was on vacation, I was bored and it helped me fulfill my book challenge. Clary was boooooring, Jace was Jace (as in, he gets worse with each book) and their relationship was just one long whine. Oh God, the whining. I'm used to a chapter or three of whining in every YA book I read, because they are teens and the world (their parents) conspires against them. But this took the cake, I actually napped halfway through it and I only napped during a book twice before.

This was horrible and I quit, Cassie. Even though I should have quitted during the Draco Dormiens fanfiction trilogy.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

could have been 4 stars if miss clare wasn’t such a freaking weirdo

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

¡Wow! El final ha sido una locura. 

Este libro tiene muchísima acción, momentos oscuros, tramas de distintos personajes súper interesantes...Ha sido súper entretenido de leer. Sobre todo esas páginas finales de la batalla y el epílogo. 

Cada libro que pasa les cojo más y más cariño a los personajes y no me creo que ya solo me quede el último de the mortal instruments para terminar con la saga. 

Cassandra consigue que a pesar de los muchos personajes que se mencionan y las distintas tramas que hay, el lector no se pierda y que todo lo que se cuenta en el libro tenga un sentido y un peso en la historia. 

A parte, quiero destacar a Sebastian como villano, porque creo que está súper bien construido. Así como la relación de Jace y Clary que a medida que pasan los libros se vuelve más fuerte y bonita. 

Y ya por último no podía no mencionar las pequeñas menciones de mis Herongraystairs, como la copia dedicada que Will le regala a Tessa y que encuentran Jace y Clary. O las reflexiones del hermano Zachariah sobre los Herondale o el amor....Si hubiera una competición de a ver quien persigue y atormenta más la narrativa y mis adversarios fueran Jem, Tessa y Will, daría media vuelta porque se que ellos son los claros ganadores. 

En fin, me da mucha penita que ya solo me quede el sexto para dar fin a esta parte del mundo de cazadores de sombras, pero al mismo tiempo estoy muy emocionada por ver como se solucionan todo lo que ha pasado al final.
adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So intense, Sebastian is a very good villain. What happened to Jace was quite shocking and the way that Sebastian thinks about Clary is really unsettling. This was slow at the start but really picked up. I’m also happy for
Jordan and Maia that was nice.
I am ready to see how this ends. 
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Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes