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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
This was interesting because it explained a lot of things I was confused about. Simon's notes were so funny and so were Clary's and Jace's, but also sometimes very cheesy.
Did I really need this book? - No.
Have I learned something new? - No.
To me it felt like a compilation of all the information one can read throughout TMI and TID. As soon as a question arised that wasn't answered in the previous books, it was said that the answer is not know by the Clave. Very clever... Yeah.
Moreover why the heck are Shadowhunters and Inquisitors (in the Inquisitor section) called "she"?! It's not like the thing was written marely for Clary (at least one should consider that this Codex should have been written for every Shadowhunter)
Have I learned something new? - No.
To me it felt like a compilation of all the information one can read throughout TMI and TID. As soon as a question arised that wasn't answered in the previous books, it was said that the answer is not know by the Clave. Very clever... Yeah.
Moreover why the heck are Shadowhunters and Inquisitors (in the Inquisitor section) called "she"?! It's not like the thing was written marely for Clary (at least one should consider that this Codex should have been written for every Shadowhunter)
Meh, I wanted a really good companion book, but it was information I already knew because I'm a huge fan of supernatural things. It was entertaining to read Clary Jace and Simons take, as well as well drawn pictures, but I wanted more excitement.
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Loved this! It was super interesting to learn more about the shadow world and the characters notes and drawing were so fun!
Valutazione: ⭐️⭐️⭐️/5.
Il Codice Shadowhunters non è altro che un libricino extra sul mondo creato di Cassandra Clare. La sua lettura è di base molto facoltativa, quasi evitabile se non si è interessati a voler conoscere alcune chicche sul mondo dei Nephilim dal punto dì vista di uno Shadowhunters.
Le annotazioni a margine di Clary, Jace e Simon rendono molto più familiare la lettura del libro e accompagno il lettore dall’inizio alla fine.
La lettura è molto carina, a tratti un po’ noiosetta in alcuni punti, però se si è appassionati della saga questo libro è assolutamente da collezione.
Il Codice Shadowhunters non è altro che un libricino extra sul mondo creato di Cassandra Clare. La sua lettura è di base molto facoltativa, quasi evitabile se non si è interessati a voler conoscere alcune chicche sul mondo dei Nephilim dal punto dì vista di uno Shadowhunters.
Le annotazioni a margine di Clary, Jace e Simon rendono molto più familiare la lettura del libro e accompagno il lettore dall’inizio alla fine.
La lettura è molto carina, a tratti un po’ noiosetta in alcuni punti, però se si è appassionati della saga questo libro è assolutamente da collezione.
Note: This book should be read after reading City of Glass or a pretty big plot point will be spoiled.
I made it my mission to read all the Shadowhunters books this year, so I included this one in my quest. It reads like a short textbook and is meant to be a guide for new Shadowhunters that weren’t born into this world.
The background lore of this universe is vast and impressive to me, so I enjoyed this one for what it was. It includes notes scribbled in by Jace, Clary, and Simon which are usually really amusing. I liked these notes the best and wish there had been more of them.
You won’t miss anything important by skipping this book, but it is a good overview of the Shadowhunter ways and beliefs. And if you are going to read ALL the Shadowhunter books, what’s one more really?
I made it my mission to read all the Shadowhunters books this year, so I included this one in my quest. It reads like a short textbook and is meant to be a guide for new Shadowhunters that weren’t born into this world.
The background lore of this universe is vast and impressive to me, so I enjoyed this one for what it was. It includes notes scribbled in by Jace, Clary, and Simon which are usually really amusing. I liked these notes the best and wish there had been more of them.
You won’t miss anything important by skipping this book, but it is a good overview of the Shadowhunter ways and beliefs. And if you are going to read ALL the Shadowhunter books, what’s one more really?
This is a cute addition to the Shadowhunter world, but since it rather redundant I can only give it 3 stars. If you've read all the books like I have (minus Lord of Shadows-haven't gotten to that one yet), then you already knew a lot of what this covered and may have even noticed the errors in it.
If you have NOT read all of the series yet, then what follows will be SPOILERS. Error 1 is under the Warlock section. It says "warlocks cannot be produced from the union of a demon and a Shadowhunter, because the angelic Shadowhunter blood and the demonic blood both normally dominate, the combination cannot create a living child." Incorrect. Tessa is a warlock and was the child of a demon and a Shadowhunter. Granted her mother didn't KNOW she was a Shadowhunter, but it was still in her blood.
Error 2 isn't so much an error, but something that needed to be explained more. Under the Faerie section is says "As with werewolves, the children of faeries and Shadowhunters will be Shadowhunters." While this is technically true, they do not touch on the fact that these children can actually be both as we see with Helen & Mark Blackthorn.
I do wish they had touched on parabatai and this "curse" if the parabatai fall in love, since we have that to look forward to in the Dark Artifices series. I did like the notes and banter between Clary, Jace & Simon, but would have liked to have seen more of that. Like I said, it's cute, but redundant.
If you have NOT read all of the series yet, then what follows will be SPOILERS. Error 1 is under the Warlock section. It says "warlocks cannot be produced from the union of a demon and a Shadowhunter, because the angelic Shadowhunter blood and the demonic blood both normally dominate, the combination cannot create a living child." Incorrect. Tessa is a warlock and was the child of a demon and a Shadowhunter. Granted her mother didn't KNOW she was a Shadowhunter, but it was still in her blood.
Error 2 isn't so much an error, but something that needed to be explained more. Under the Faerie section is says "As with werewolves, the children of faeries and Shadowhunters will be Shadowhunters." While this is technically true, they do not touch on the fact that these children can actually be both as we see with Helen & Mark Blackthorn.
I do wish they had touched on parabatai and this "curse" if the parabatai fall in love, since we have that to look forward to in the Dark Artifices series. I did like the notes and banter between Clary, Jace & Simon, but would have liked to have seen more of that. Like I said, it's cute, but redundant.
adventurous
I adore when fantasy authors release books centred solely on the lore of their worlds. I particularly liked the unreliable narrator aspect of the Clave framing its history in a certain way, with Luke, Magnus, and Jordan interjecting with different perspectives. Interestingly, some aspects of Clave history seemed allegorical, like the Clave supporting Downworlder hunts in the 1600s while providing no tangible reparations thereafter.
Nevertheless, this book inadvertently revealed some holes in the worldbuilding:
Nevertheless, this book inadvertently revealed some holes in the worldbuilding:
- Shadowhunters are meant to be secular, but the language often gravitates toward the Abrahamic religions, like "demons" and "denizens of Heaven". It's even stated that Raziel named them the Nephilim after the Book of Genesis.
- After a thousand years of fighting demons, they still don't know why demons come to Earth.
- It may have just been the digital version I was reading, but Simon’s lighthearted homoerotic fanfic of Jonathan Shadowhunter and David appears directly after the section describing the Circle and all the lives lost because of prejudice, which felt distasteful and tone-deaf.
Typically I’m not a fan of books that serve as supplements to series, but I loved The Shadowhunter’s Codex. What really sold it for me was the detail that went into the book as well as the annotations and the illustrations. It was really interesting to see more of what the characters thought about some of Shadowhunter history.
The illustrations of The Shadowhunter’s Codex are what sold me on the book. That and the cover.
It always bothers me that many books do not have a good book cover underneath the book jacket. I mean, seriously? If you spend that much money and effort on a book, why not go just a little further to make it really a complete project? Just look at the difference.
I recently read the last book of the Mortal Instruments Series, City of Heavenly Fire (post will be up soon), and throughout the final installment I kept remembering parts of this book that I had read and how the ending of the series make so much more sense having read the standalone supplement to the series.
I just had my graduation and all of my friends were so much sadder than I was. To be honest, I was much more upset by the end of this series than by going to a different school. The end of this series marked the end to an era of my life and losing this series tore me apart. I started reading these books when I was in middle school and reading the final book made me realize that these books have been in my life more consistently than a lot of other things in my life. They will be sorely missed.
review cross-posted on my blog Spectacle Aglow
The illustrations of The Shadowhunter’s Codex are what sold me on the book. That and the cover.
It always bothers me that many books do not have a good book cover underneath the book jacket. I mean, seriously? If you spend that much money and effort on a book, why not go just a little further to make it really a complete project? Just look at the difference.
I recently read the last book of the Mortal Instruments Series, City of Heavenly Fire (post will be up soon), and throughout the final installment I kept remembering parts of this book that I had read and how the ending of the series make so much more sense having read the standalone supplement to the series.
I just had my graduation and all of my friends were so much sadder than I was. To be honest, I was much more upset by the end of this series than by going to a different school. The end of this series marked the end to an era of my life and losing this series tore me apart. I started reading these books when I was in middle school and reading the final book made me realize that these books have been in my life more consistently than a lot of other things in my life. They will be sorely missed.
review cross-posted on my blog Spectacle Aglow