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Chroniken der Unterwelt - City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

10 reviews

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Grief, Child abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

Holy plot twists Batman. The last 50-100 pages were crazy full of twists and turns. Lots of betrayal, misrepresentations of the past, etc. Overall, this book felt a little more YA than I typically like. Clary is clearly 15 and while the shadowhunter teens are older it is not by much. Some of the things they said or did were stupid honestly, but not overly so (it was only sometimes). I like these characters, they are very distinct and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. Though with a title like City of Bones I would have thought that this book would spend more than 2 chapters in the actual City of Bones. Clary was kind of dense when it came to catching on to the plot twists too lol. This book is a bit shallow in terms of world building, etc. but I’m hoping I get more throughout the books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Sexual content

miranda_lynn1234's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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? Yes

2.0

Just a warning there is some language that’s out dated and offensive. Honestly it’s an easy read but there are just some major flaws and that’s the reason I rated it so low. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, and Murder

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

Let’s start with the two things i didn’t love since that’s faster:

i disliked the trope of two boys being interested in the same girl and behaving in ways that makes me want to smash their heads together to make them stop with their jealous postering. 

and the second thing is the “forbidden” love trope that is mostly added as a shock valued. the shock could have been there without it the “love” part since being friends would have been an easier option especially with the amount of time those two characters knew each other at that point. 
i just really dislike that particular trope since i have not read one book we’re it was used were it could have been done differently without issues and left the ick factor out of the entire thing. 


moving in! 

i liked the tiring even if the descriptions are sometimes very out there but not too extreme so that it doesn’t make sense anymore. 

the world is well developed and explained for book one and gives a nice overview of what’s out there on that world and that was interesting. 

the characters and the behaviors where sometimes a bit stupid but honestly they are 15-17 so i can let it slide by for the main characters even if i have to say that the adults - beside Magnus! that character deserves an entire 12 book series just for giving stories about that character and his shinanagangs please!- they behaved quite often more childish than the actual kids. 

the entire book was a bit drawn out for the amount of plot it told overall but it wasn’t too bad and it kept me entertained and i wanted to keep reading so clearly nothing too bad. 

so all in all? 

it’s a good book. 
i can actually see why so many people love it even if i strongly dislike the love-tropes used. the reader want too bad and it was overall very entertaining and a quick read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, and Homophobia

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

You really hit the ground running with this book. An exciting story start to finish with an intriguing “other” world that exists within our own. The characters could have been fleshed out more but it is only the first book. I’m interested to know more about this bad guy and the plot twist at the end is a bit heartbreaking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death, Abandonment, and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident, and Incest

capriqueen's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Decided to embark on a reread of the series, as it’s been many years

The characters are still dear to my heart, and the plot/world are still really good. I love the wit that Clare gives to her characters and writing, there’s so many quips and moments that make me laugh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, and Genocide

Minor: Incest, Death of parent, and Child abuse

saturnpersonified's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Racism, and Hate crime

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Incest, Car accident, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

readwithria's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I read these books years ago, and upon a reread they do NOT disappoint. The relationships move a bit more quickly than I would typically like, but with all the other worldbuilding aspects going on at the same time it balances out the fantasy with moments more grounded in reality. I'm looking forward to revisiting the rest of these books and finally finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Gaslighting, Genocide, and Child abuse

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

adventurous dark

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

4.0

Cassandra Clare is one of the better authors of the ya-fantasy genre and if you overlook her ripping of another writer, you can actually enjoy this book. The characters and the storyline are fine and it's easy to read. But what is that awful "is it or isn't it incest" storyline. We definitely could have done without it, ma'am. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, and Incest

mia_s_book_'s review against another edition

0.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Gore, Gaslighting, Incest, Kidnapping, and Murder