Reviews

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

sabrybabi's review against another edition

4.0

Even though it took me a while to really get into it, this book ended up being amazing! The story is kind of slow at the beginning, with the whole story of Simon being transformed into a rat, but when I got half way through the things started speeding up a bit. I absolutely loved this book, although I prefer The Infernal Devices saga. 4/5 stars, hoping that the next books make me fall in love with the series as much as the other one!

maccloud'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

literallyilliterate's review against another edition

4.0

*4.25

yea this is a really random rating i know, but i seriously can't decide on any other rating for this.

i have been putting off reading this book forever, mainly because it's part of a huge series and an even huger world of books, but i finally read it, and i don't regret it.

while the beginning dragged a little, it got super interesting towards the end of the middle of the book!

i really enjoyed most of the characters of this book (excluding jace ummm,,, he's not my favorite i'm sorry) also magnus is my favorite rn STAN HIM FOR CLEAR SKIN. ok i just had to say that.

anyways, the events that happened in this book were pretty decent, and i was able to picture them pretty well.

the one thing i have to say though is that i'm a little uncomfy with the whole jace and clary being siblings. like uhhhh,,, they had a make out session and now you're gonna tell me they're siblings? wHat

that's about it though, and i definitely plan on reading the other two books in the og trilogy plus the infernal devices trilogy this year. hopefully that happens!

livia610's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

so this was a reread, the last time i read this book i was in middle school and at the time i thought it was PEAK literature, a 6/5 star book, one of my comfort books, and it kicked off my obsession with the shadowhunter world. that being said, i still really really enjoyed listening to the book again, it was just as captivating and the writing was still pretty good in my opinion and thankfully wasn’t a case of middle school me have low expectations.

i really enjoyed the fact that the end of the book fixed the whole pitting isabelle and clary against each other, and i forgot how high school the unrequited love thing between clary and simon was, but again, im glad that they get over that pretty quickly in the book. rereading this basically solidified my stance that this is one of my favorite books, save for the whole clary and jace being brother and sister (even though they actually aren’t. i really don’t like that part, but because i was in middle school when i read the whole series i didn’t care so now that i know that they aren’t in kinda indifferent about it.

i just love the characterization and the world that is built in this book omg!!! 

lorinadupuy's review against another edition

5.0

Always good the only thing is

the whole kinda incest thing is really bothering

adelinaz's review against another edition

4.0

I love the series, it' s one of my favourites, but the first book isn't the best, but it's a great start. Also, i hated some characters, but i love them now, 6 books later.

arojo1's review against another edition

2.0

I normally love young adult books, but I couldn't even finish half of this one. I listened to it on CD and I'm not sure if it was how the reader was speaking or how the book was written, but it felt so juvenile. Yes I know the main character is 15, but it doesn't mean the whole book has to feel like that. The authors use of adjectives was also too much. It got to the point where I just couldn't listen anymore.

themothermermaid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? N/A

4.0

saranadin's review against another edition

4.0

Wasn't into it from the beginning but actually ended up loving it! Definitely after the halfway point or something I just couldn't stop and it started turning into an extremely swift read! With interesting and less interesting plot twists! (I've read a similar plottwist before, so I don't buy that it's true but who knows)

britjan126's review against another edition

2.0

I honestly feel like I was able to get through this book because I’d previously read Storm and Fury literally right before it. If it had not been for my curiosity of reading about the same things but from a different perspective, I probably would have DNF.