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City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

41 reviews

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

2.75

I wonder if I'm getting too old for these kinds of books. But despite its flaws, I kind of enjoyed it anyway. 

The main character, Clary, gives off a “not like the other girls”-vibe and seems hostile towards other girls in this book. 

What I liked: The banter was pretty good at places. The audiobook had a good narrator, but at times, she sounded very posh. 

What I didn't like: The author has a case of thesaurus madness, sometimes, the word choices don't quite fit the context, in my opinion. Also, she likes adverbs very much. And the word ‘hard’ (e.g. “She hit the ground, HARD.”)... And there were a few throwaway comments that were quite insensitive. 

About the ending… 

Spoilers! 

Oh boy, the ending knocked the rating down. First of all, I didn't understand the scene where Valentine came to retrieve the cup. How did she not see Clary, or did I miss something? And there was so much explaining, and the ending seemed to drag on forever. Also, I didn't like the way Jace behaved in the end, it didn't feel believable. I listened to this as an audiobook, and finally, when I heard the word “epilogue” and I checked the time, I noticed the epilogue was AN HOUR long! That's not an epilogue, that's 10 % of the book! (It turned out that there's a bonus chapter of one of the author’s other books. But still, the epilogue was like 30 minutes long.) 

 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia

annikenr's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

mindins's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Incest

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child abuse

Estuvo entretenido, pero un poco predecible y las cosas se resolvieron de una manera muy simple para lo complejo que supuestamente era. Se nota que está dirigido a una audiencia más adolescente, pero estuvo bien. Leeré la continuación.

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Yes. I love it. This book is everything to me. I will not accept slander or negative comments at this time.

Please give me 5-7 business days to fully process and write a real review. 🫡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Death, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Pregnancy

miranda_lynn1234's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

Just a warning there is some language that’s out dated and offensive. Honestly it’s an easy read but there are just some major flaws and that’s the reason I rated it so low. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, and Murder

asahome's review against another edition

2.0

A selfish young woman ignores warnings from those around her to fall for an arrogant young man. People hurt themselves to try to save her, but she doesn't listen.

Content Warning added by  City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - Book Trigger Warnings 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, Homophobia, and Child abuse

thatbookbitch's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Medical content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Grief, Abandonment, Child death, Animal death, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content

jadyn_renee62's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Animal death

booking_along's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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? No

3.5

Let’s start with the two things i didn’t love since that’s faster:

i disliked the trope of two boys being interested in the same girl and behaving in ways that makes me want to smash their heads together to make them stop with their jealous postering. 

and the second thing is the “forbidden” love trope that is mostly added as a shock valued. the shock could have been there without it the “love” part since being friends would have been an easier option especially with the amount of time those two characters knew each other at that point. 
i just really dislike that particular trope since i have not read one book we’re it was used were it could have been done differently without issues and left the ick factor out of the entire thing. 


moving in! 

i liked the tiring even if the descriptions are sometimes very out there but not too extreme so that it doesn’t make sense anymore. 

the world is well developed and explained for book one and gives a nice overview of what’s out there on that world and that was interesting. 

the characters and the behaviors where sometimes a bit stupid but honestly they are 15-17 so i can let it slide by for the main characters even if i have to say that the adults - beside Magnus! that character deserves an entire 12 book series just for giving stories about that character and his shinanagangs please!- they behaved quite often more childish than the actual kids. 

the entire book was a bit drawn out for the amount of plot it told overall but it wasn’t too bad and it kept me entertained and i wanted to keep reading so clearly nothing too bad. 

so all in all? 

it’s a good book. 
i can actually see why so many people love it even if i strongly dislike the love-tropes used. the reader want too bad and it was overall very entertaining and a quick read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Violence, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Gaslighting, Gore, and Homophobia

psliz's review

adventurous 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? No

3.25

idk. lots of info-dumping. weird dialogue for a bunch of teens. the pacing was fast yet slow at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and War

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Medical content, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Child abuse, and Suicide