Reviews

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

mahovina's review against another edition

Finished it at 0:33, will do a review later on, still way to emotional to even work.

esmeroda's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.75

the plot with simon/izzy/magnus/alec was genuinely very enjoyable but the sebastian/jace/clary plot was unbearably icky
way better character development than previous books but i just wish cassandra clare didn’t rely so heavily on the grossest tropes to add tension to her books
one more to go thank god!! i am basically living for the brother zachariah cameos at this point 

pernillesoe96's review

4.0

4.5! wow i really thought that this book was so much better than the others. I didn't feel like the story was dragged, and Clary wasn't as annoying in this book as in the previous ones. And i just loooove Isabelle... I am really looking forward to the conclusion to this series.

rebekahy's review

1.0

Just couldnt finish no matter how hard I tried.

tasbyg's review

3.0

More like a filler book I guess, there were times where nothing was happening.

aqollo's review

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

4.25

not everyone needs to have relationship problems... please just let them be happy

softballknitter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

cobaltbookshelf's review

3.0

3.85 stars

Things I liked: Jem breadcrumbs ilysm

Simon and everything plot related to him. He and Izzy are so cute and add Malec in there.

Jace, Clary and Sebastian dynami I got say that was something.

Why not 4 well that for Maia and Jordan literally don't care about at all.

bookwanderer_'s review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

4.0

sam_hartwig's review

5.0

What can I say about City of Lost Souls. I really wish it hadn’t taken me soooo long to read this because it was really awesome! At the time I was reading this I had lots of nights out and weekends away so I couldn’t snuggle down and enjoy this in a long stint. It didn’t help when each chapter of the book were on average 30 pages! So once I finished one chapter I would get distracted and not pick up the book for another few days. I really enjoy the Mortal Instruments series and this one didn’t let me down. It picks up right where we left off in book Four and takes you on a swoony ride. My My there was so much swoon in this book, we don’t have only one couple to swoon along with but four! There was so much going on (which was a good thing) with so many storylines to follow. They all intertwine with each other so well and keep the fast pace of the story exciting. I think the more and more I read this series the more and more I like Clary as a female character. I haven’t always had such a strong connection to her from the other books but something happened for me in this. I think all the moments she had with Sebastian, and what she was standing up for really pushed her into “Awesome character” for me. I also like Simon a lot more in this one compared to four, I kind of hated when he was turned into a Vampire and now he’s gotten to terms with what he is, not a monster and I like that. Oh and I love all the references to her Infernal Devices series, If you are planning on reading book 4 & 5 of The Mortal Instruments seres without first reading her Infernal Devices series – don’t! There’s some things that you will get better if you read the Infernal Devices first. I can’t go past saying “damn that’s a cliffhanger of an ending”! Cassandra Clare has done a fantastic job with this book, I can not wait to see what adventure I’m taken on next.

Review also on my blog http://love-sami13.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/why-hello-there-pretty-book.html