Reviews with content warning for Violence - City of Fallen Angels

Miren, yo creí que la iba a seguir pasando mal con este libro como lo había pasado en la última parte de la saga, pero me sorprendió para bien el giro que le dio. En parte, me gusta que se haya enfocado un poco más en los personajes secundarios; sin ir más lejos, acá el protagonista es Simon o, al menos, es a quien leemos más. En otra parte, además, tenemos un foco en otra cosa que no es el romance de Jace y Clary que, si bien les tengo algo de aprecio, no es precisamente mi trope favorito. No me gusta el amor a primera vista o el de almas gemelas, así que saber que se aman desde el primer momento no me despertaba nada.

Los giros de trama que tiene por primera vez desde el primer libro me generan algún tipo de sorpresa y, aunque me parece demasiado en cierto puntos, dentro de la lógica que estableció la misma saga están bien, así que me dejo llevar por la corriente. Si el resto de la saga continúa con este ritmo, me parece que voy a poder terminarla pronto.

ps. No sé si el libro es un cuatro punto tres como puse, o mis estándares estaban por el piso con el anterior que hizo que este valga tanto. No lo sé. Tampoco me importa mucho.

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

this one is my favorite so far in this series. while most of the action was saved for the end, i loved the character building that happened with a bunch of the minor characters. (simon, maia, alec, magnus)

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adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Simon’s time to shine!! The book took a little to get going, but it’s still on par with the rest of the series. I love the relationship drama, so excited for the side pairings to have their development

Rereading as an adult is funny bc I notice the little worldbuilding things. They’re not inconsistencies cuz they’re not walking stuff back, but just little things that are introduced that weren’t earlier but aren’t new inventions

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

Um um um welp. I am very confused/ concerned about that ending!!! Uh I really hope that what I think just happened didn’t actually happen. All I want is for Jace and Clary to be happy kids in love but NOPE of course they can’t have this in the shitshow of a shadowhunter world they live in. Ugh. Hhtjsogirjgiosogodogjdkkghdivid so disappointing I just want cute happy fluffy clace romance but fhkskfjdjg. Okay anyways now that the shock in my system is out, I really enjoyed the book. It was very interesting to see everything from so many different character’s perspectives, and I thought that the newly introduced characters were helpful to the plot as much as I might have hated it. I’m getting closer to the final book, and I just desperately hope that everything turns out all right.

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