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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
This was an interesting read. It’s basically the school book that Clary reads to learn about the Shadowhunter life and history.
I loved the annotations by Clary, Jace, and Simon. I just wish there were more of them.
I loved the annotations by Clary, Jace, and Simon. I just wish there were more of them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, War
Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Classism
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
I dunno...I picked it up in the library because I've read the original series and quite liked it, but this read too much like an actual textbook for me to enjoy it that much. I do get that it's technically supposed to be a textbook, but other authors have done the 'textbook'/companion book thing which I enjoyed more (e.g. [b:The School For Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook|27203016|The School For Good and Evil The Ever Never Handbook|Soman Chainani|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1444845540s/27203016.jpg|47243841], [b:Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|41899|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them|Newt Scamander|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1303738520s/41899.jpg|4195128], [b:The Demigod Files|3992598|The Demigod Files (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)|Rick Riordan|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1293421593s/3992598.jpg|4038656]). Maybe because they were shorter?
The illustrations were lovely though.
This was such a fun guide! I felt that it was a lot to comprehend and remember. Definitely something every Shadowhunter fan should keep on hand.
THE SHADOWHUNTER'S CODEX is a must read for any mega fan of the source and definitely for those going through a completionist's journey, like me. This reminds me A LOT of FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM in that it's a textbook that has been borrowed by Clary, Jace, and Simon. So while I love their commentary, the book straight up reads like an old text it is intended to be and is, of the most part, incredibly boring, though the comments, mainly Simon's, are really fun.
*mild spoilers for MORTAL INSTRUMENTS BOOK 2 ON* this does take place AT LEAST post CITY OF ASHES. Clary has the Codex in the first place since she's training to be a Shadowhunter, but Simon is currently a vamp and it's mentioned multiple times, so we know this is at least post book 2. Not super important as I can't imagine anyone that'd grab his book who wasn't already so deep in the lore and world they didn't know this, but just in case they grabbed this post book 1 but before 2, that's def quite a spoiler haha.
Some of the stuff is interesting, like you find out how shadowhunters are actually created and began along with a lot of the other things you bump into. But what's dumb is a lot of it isn't even accurate, as we get many an interjection from Simon about vampires or Luke about werewolves, so it's kind of stupid.
I would recommend to the hardcore fans, but most certainly not necessary and not a real story so not nearly as much fun as the other supplementary works. I do think it's cool this kind of book exists because it shows just how large and expansive this world is to have something that's just detailing the finer details about it. So that's cool in and of itself, but definitely not needed unless you really want every morsel of this world.
*mild spoilers for MORTAL INSTRUMENTS BOOK 2 ON* this does take place AT LEAST post CITY OF ASHES. Clary has the Codex in the first place since she's training to be a Shadowhunter, but Simon is currently a vamp and it's mentioned multiple times, so we know this is at least post book 2. Not super important as I can't imagine anyone that'd grab his book who wasn't already so deep in the lore and world they didn't know this, but just in case they grabbed this post book 1 but before 2, that's def quite a spoiler haha.
Some of the stuff is interesting, like you find out how shadowhunters are actually created and began along with a lot of the other things you bump into. But what's dumb is a lot of it isn't even accurate, as we get many an interjection from Simon about vampires or Luke about werewolves, so it's kind of stupid.
I would recommend to the hardcore fans, but most certainly not necessary and not a real story so not nearly as much fun as the other supplementary works. I do think it's cool this kind of book exists because it shows just how large and expansive this world is to have something that's just detailing the finer details about it. So that's cool in and of itself, but definitely not needed unless you really want every morsel of this world.
Boring... Not what I expected. I enjoyed the notes from the characters on the sidebar that was the most interesting part. This will make a perfect reference book for the shadow hunter world .
Easy read its so much fun!
Jace, Clary, Simon's notes are really the highlight of this book cause its hilarious
Also i love how Clary doodle on it
And Magnus' little note is so funny lol
Jace, Clary, Simon's notes are really the highlight of this book cause its hilarious
Also i love how Clary doodle on it
And Magnus' little note is so funny lol
It's kinda like a fact book, but it has little notes on the sides that make the book fun to read.
3.5 stars - wish there were more notes from Clary, Jace, and Simon; added humour and tie in to the TMI series. I feel Iike there a lot of clues to future books & series in this spin off novel. Loved the artwork and there was some really interesting back story to the Shadowhunter world.