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my_circe4's review
adventurous
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
millow's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
nick_banjo's review
was fun when i read it first, the incest kinda ruins it now :(
mamastringbean's review
adventurous
dark
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
sapphicbookdragon's review
2.0
"Jace, your father's dead, you're a Wayland... Technically, you're an adopted/honorary Lightwood."
"Jace, your dad is alive! And EVIL. Guess what, you're actually an incestuous Morgenstern. Stop making out with your sister."
"Ehhhh, we lied, you're actually a Herondale - but your real dad is still dead, and you never actually met him. Your only childhood memories are of Valentine pretending to be Wayland, pretending to be your dad."
"Oh, by the way, you have an evil 'brother,' of sorts, who has the same first and middle name as you... because you were unnamed when you were taken from your mom's stone-cold corpse-womb... and Valentine decided to raise you both, separately, as his little pet projects, while pretending to be different people with borrowed names."
[Cue a retelling of that lovely "Dad snapped my pet bird's neck" story, as used in the books, film and TV series!]
"By the angel," WTF is this BS and why am I reading it?!
First, forget the soap opera nonsense, cliches and tropes above: Valentine's whole M.O. as a villain makes NO SENSE. This might be my biggest problem with The Mortal Instruments series.
He wants to kill demons and all downworlders, sooo... he's going to employ demons and downworlders... to attack his own kind, like, all the time. He loathes and envies the abilities of others, so he starts handing out downworlders' blood like lollipops to family, friends, progeny and self to mix their pure nephilim blood with random angel/demon/faerie plasma.
(Can the angel resurrect him just to kill him again for being a putz?)
This is less of a review and more of a venting venue for disgust and disappointment. I wanted to like this series, but you can't like everything. (I mean, I like Magnus, but who DOESN'T like Magnus?)
(Review originally written and shared in 2020.)
"Jace, your dad is alive! And EVIL. Guess what, you're actually an incestuous Morgenstern. Stop making out with your sister."
"Ehhhh, we lied, you're actually a Herondale - but your real dad is still dead, and you never actually met him. Your only childhood memories are of Valentine pretending to be Wayland, pretending to be your dad."
"Oh, by the way, you have an evil 'brother,' of sorts, who has the same first and middle name as you... because you were unnamed when you were taken from your mom's stone-cold corpse-womb... and Valentine decided to raise you both, separately, as his little pet projects, while pretending to be different people with borrowed names."
[Cue a retelling of that lovely "Dad snapped my pet bird's neck" story, as used in the books, film and TV series!]
"By the angel," WTF is this BS and why am I reading it?!
First, forget the soap opera nonsense, cliches and tropes above: Valentine's whole M.O. as a villain makes NO SENSE. This might be my biggest problem with The Mortal Instruments series.
He wants to kill demons and all downworlders, sooo... he's going to employ demons and downworlders... to attack his own kind, like, all the time. He loathes and envies the abilities of others, so he starts handing out downworlders' blood like lollipops to family, friends, progeny and self to mix their pure nephilim blood with random angel/demon/faerie plasma.
(Can the angel resurrect him just to kill him again for being a putz?)
This is less of a review and more of a venting venue for disgust and disappointment. I wanted to like this series, but you can't like everything. (I mean, I like Magnus, but who DOESN'T like Magnus?)
(Review originally written and shared in 2020.)
gabbyegay's review
4.0
Not Cassandra Clare's best, sibling/lovers trope was a lil weird, but I enjoyed nonetheless. Own them all, in fact
nerdypotsie's review
4.0
City of Bones: 5 stars
City of Ashes: 5 stars
City of Glass: 5 stars
City of Fallen Angels: 4 stars
City of Lost Souls: 3 stars
City of Heavenly Fire: 2 stars
City of Ashes: 5 stars
City of Glass: 5 stars
City of Fallen Angels: 4 stars
City of Lost Souls: 3 stars
City of Heavenly Fire: 2 stars