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4.52 AVERAGE
4.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first 5 star review. This book made me extremely stressed and emotional. I love all the characters and wanted their happiness so bad to the point where it was constantly a weight in my chest. I have this experience watching shows all the time but this is the first book to put me through it. Love Jem so much. My favorite fr. Deserves the world and I am so happy that he ended up with a good ending I would have never forgiven them if he didn't. Love Tessa. Love will. Love all of the Shadowhunters. Love Magnus. All characters 10/10. Makes me cry and my recovery time will be long. I loved reading this while my friends knew what happened and being able to vent and share it with them. My guesses about what happened were pretty good I must commend myself. My friends stressed me out. Hate them fr.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the last time I finished a series and felt this mentally and physically affected by the characters was when I read Throne of Glass. I need to take a walk and get some air
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
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I think I could reread this trilogy a thousand times and still feel all the feels that I felt the first time around. Exquisite. I just...I have no words, or maybe it's that I have too many words? I don't know. Do yourself a favour and read this.
1/11/2021 I changed my mind and I’m giving it 2 stars it is indeed that bad and every memory of it makes me frustrated, this damned book made me decide that YA is not for me anymore and I’m changing my reading taste with of course reading some YA books but carefully chosen so I don’t have to read a fucked up book like this ever again.
So it’s not bad, but damn it's frustrating, I remember being that angry only from fangirl but at least I got some good parts that made me give it higher than 2 stars. The romance between Tessa, Jem & Will is awful, wow that was BAD, while obviously Jem is a great man and if we talk from the perspective of who I preferred, the answer is definitely Jem, he is a sweet kind caring man and deserve all the happiness in the world, but if we talk about which one is for Tessa, I would say Will, for a very simple reason of that she simply loved him not Jem, I mean I hate him as a love interest he is annoying and dramatic, but just fucking marry him already and spare me the cheesy drama and longing. The whole part where she acted like she she sacrificed herself for Jem was frustrating, "she is breaking her own heart for Jem's sake" "she want the others to be happy with their engagement so that -quote unquote- don't ruin it for him" Also I hated the whole mentality of " I will marry him because if I leave him, Will still won't marry me in respect for Jem, so I might as well marry Jem better than nothing" I don't know what to say about the part where Will inform Tessa of Jem's death, and they have sex only after a day in Will's case and a few hours in Tessa's, like wow what a way to respect and honor the death of the man you both cared for and you know the suffering he had to endure and that killed him at the end, I know she jumped into it because they thought they are both good as dead and I also read that it was because she was afraid of experiencing it first with Mortmain but that is no excuse to me, I was even surprised by their defeated attitude, I mean for a man who did all that to save Tessa as far as leaving his parabatai dying alone he gave up quite quickly, so yeah I'm disgusted, if they just told Jem about their love and end the engagement that would have been honorable instead of just jumping into it. I get it that Tessa thought of her engagement to Jem as sort of a dying wish to him but reading 550 pages of longing to Will ruins it, you might as well go to him and spare my life of that shit, and also jumping immediately into sex right after his death makes it disgusting. I feel like that story is lacking, the author spent the majority of the book talking about romance instead of building the story, she even talked for like 50 pages after the death of Mortmain talking about Will and Tessa's relationship and when it got tp meeting his parents part she gave it less than a page which was annoying to me, it was like 65% cheesy romance 35% story building, I mean she talked about the love triangle almost every. single. page. and after the 100th time you read about how Jem and Will are both pretty and beautiful, you get the point, there is no need to talk about again, Will's eyes are blue and beautiful, seriously I got it, enough, I really do wish I counted the number of times she mentioned their beauty in the 2nd book, I counted it in 3rd book to 7 times (without the blue eye thing just beautifulness) and I swear to god it was a lot more in book 2. let's talk about THAT FUCKING EPILOGUE, godddddd it was going so goood, I got so emotional talking about groing old with Will and Jem playing violin for them one more time, it was all so beautiful and it brought tears to my eyes UNTIL that messed up ending, seriously? like I endured that love triangle so that at the end she just choose one and be done with it but she had to had both of them? what was the author thinking? so the ending is that Jem will always be Tessa's plan B for the rest of his life? she seriously had to get the two of them? why? did the author really believed that " you two are parabatai, I love you both equally and can't love one without the other" is a good line? sooooo let's hookup with the other one until he grows old and die too? that shit ruined the ending that was perfectly good, what was so wrong with ending it with an emotional yearly reunion with brother Zachariah? One last bad thing to talk about is how did Mortmain know of Tessa's powers? like ok he kidnapped her mother, then wanted to marry her to have more of her blood, but when and how did he found out that she can shape shift and made his army based on the fact that he will reunite with his father again to finish his army? like I feel that a big part of his plan was this but what explained it was left out.
so the things I loved: Jem and Will's friendship was amazing and beautiful and seriously goals, I would love to have a friend like that in my life, how can two people just love each other and care for each other so much??? seriously beautiful. Then we have Charlotte and Henry, man now I'm talking about romance and relationship goals, their relationship was soo beautiful, their love was there that I felt it, the scene in the 2nd book where they explain to each other how mush they actually love each other was to die for, how could they love each other that much and not know it? if Henry died I would've died after him, and I'm just happy he gets to live with his family and kept his lovely spirit and soul no matter what. Gideon and Sophie, they just fit with each other perfectly, and Sophie's dream got true, I was so happy for her, to find true love (Gideon sounds like a great guy) and a job that fits her potential and spirit for she is truly a caring warrior which is basically what a shadowhunter should be. Giving the Lightwood boys a second chance and redemption for Gabriel was great to see, so was Charlotte finally getting what she deserved, I hope Henry too grows to be the great inventor he is ( Magnus praising him was such a great scene to read and well earned). Magnus was such a great character to read from, I really loved him, and seriously warlocks deserve more respect, it's not like it's their fault what created them, and maybe giving them more respect can help a great deal of them not to turn to evil ways (I mean it didn't work out for Aloysius, did it?). Also Bridget? what stopping people from ascending her? like she is a better fighter than all the people in London institute combined, but I really love her weird ass. As for how Mortmain's problem got resolved, I enjoyed it, it was a nice wrap up.
To wrap up my way too long review of The Infernal Devices but who cares since no one will read it anyway: Finally I understand why people hate love triangles so much!!! It just snapped me out of the mood and made me annoyed by it whenever I started to have fun. And seriously mourn the dead for more than a few hours before making out with a second boy so soon. I thought I will read more of her books, but I can’t handle more of this, it had its beautiful moments, but I heard this is considered the best of her work sooo yeah definitely skip I can’t handle being that angry again.
“Those of you who are mortal, you burn so fiercely. And you fiercer than most, Will. I will not ever forget you.”
I am in pain.
The epilogue killed me. As the biggest Will Herondale Stan to ever roam this earth, it was pure pain. I don’t even know what to say anymore because my face is tear-streaked and my heart is broken.
The infernal devices was such a beautiful trilogy and I will doubtlessly be coming back to it in the future.
„Tess. Tess. Tessa. Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name? To say it aloud makes my heart ring like a bell. Strange to imagine that, isn’t it - a heart ringing? But when you touch me, that is what it is like, as if my heart is ringing in my chest and the sound shivers down my veins and makes my bones splinter with joy.“
I am in pain.
The epilogue killed me. As the biggest Will Herondale Stan to ever roam this earth, it was pure pain. I don’t even know what to say anymore because my face is tear-streaked and my heart is broken.
The infernal devices was such a beautiful trilogy and I will doubtlessly be coming back to it in the future.
„Tess. Tess. Tessa. Was there ever a more beautiful sound than your name? To say it aloud makes my heart ring like a bell. Strange to imagine that, isn’t it - a heart ringing? But when you touch me, that is what it is like, as if my heart is ringing in my chest and the sound shivers down my veins and makes my bones splinter with joy.“
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes