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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
3.5 Stars
This is my first book from Cassie Claire and I really enjoyed the writing style and the setup for the plot. Victorian London and mysterious fantasy world is something that goes hand in hand all the time in my mind. The amixture of these elements brought such an edge to the narrative, the world itself is quite intriguing and unique from what I have read thus far, I had understood why this book has such an immense cult following. I know I am pretty late to the party but I wish I’d read the book a decade ago and had the experience of it thrill me, the characters are as mysterious as the world is and certain twists made me straighten up while reading. I have read quite a few books now but I can remember the exact scene that would blow me away, there is one such scene in this but I can’t reveal it without spoilers.
While I enjoyed most part of my read I had qualms with everything being incomplete? I understand the author’s aim is to put in a compelling tension where you want to know more but the curtains are drawn down before you could catch a glimpse, however it gets too much after a while as she continues this trend up until last page. While it leaves you wanting for more it can also get frustrating for the reader not letting them into subplots or to the character depths.
There are also certain aspects that didn’t make sense as they weren’t explained but I don’t want to draw conclusions on it because there are two more books in this series. It is certainly not a disappointing read , Indeed this is a great “Introductory” book to a potentially good series because it has all the elements to become a massive hit which I guess it already is.I hope the next two books live up to my expectations.
This is my first book from Cassie Claire and I really enjoyed the writing style and the setup for the plot. Victorian London and mysterious fantasy world is something that goes hand in hand all the time in my mind. The amixture of these elements brought such an edge to the narrative, the world itself is quite intriguing and unique from what I have read thus far, I had understood why this book has such an immense cult following. I know I am pretty late to the party but I wish I’d read the book a decade ago and had the experience of it thrill me, the characters are as mysterious as the world is and certain twists made me straighten up while reading. I have read quite a few books now but I can remember the exact scene that would blow me away, there is one such scene in this but I can’t reveal it without spoilers.
While I enjoyed most part of my read I had qualms with everything being incomplete? I understand the author’s aim is to put in a compelling tension where you want to know more but the curtains are drawn down before you could catch a glimpse, however it gets too much after a while as she continues this trend up until last page. While it leaves you wanting for more it can also get frustrating for the reader not letting them into subplots or to the character depths.
There are also certain aspects that didn’t make sense as they weren’t explained but I don’t want to draw conclusions on it because there are two more books in this series. It is certainly not a disappointing read , Indeed this is a great “Introductory” book to a potentially good series because it has all the elements to become a massive hit which I guess it already is.I hope the next two books live up to my expectations.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
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:
Complicated
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
if you were to take the cast of characters from the mortal instruments and put them in victorian england instead of 2000s new york, you would have the cast of characters in the infernal devices.
will and jace: stubborn, obstinate, thinks they are better than everyone else, condescending, unable to follow orders, says incredibly hurtful and demeaning things to the people that love and care for them to inevitably be forgiven by those around them because well that’s just will or that’s just jace, liars, pretends to hate FMC to “protect” them
jem and alec: parabatai to the mmc, reasonable, responsible, trustworthy, voice of reason, skilled warrior who tends to avoid combat for some reason or another, constantly making excuses for will and jace
jessamine and isabelle: a lot of their stories are centered around being a woman and the struggles a woman of their respective era would face, feels left out by the boys, wary of other women, “boy crazy,” really unique weapon (parasol and bracelet whip), dry wittiness
tessa and clary: entire personality is being different from everyone else, let will and jace constantly disrespect them to instantly forgive despite there never actually being an apology, has a family member that makes everything infinitely worse (nate and jocelyn, i am looking at you), constantly trying to prove themselves to the shadowhunters, secret magic powers the world has never seen, kind of in the way tbh, honestly just a very bland FMC,
magnus and magnus: magnus
will and jace: stubborn, obstinate, thinks they are better than everyone else, condescending, unable to follow orders, says incredibly hurtful and demeaning things to the people that love and care for them to inevitably be forgiven by those around them because well that’s just will or that’s just jace, liars, pretends to hate FMC to “protect” them
jem and alec: parabatai to the mmc, reasonable, responsible, trustworthy, voice of reason, skilled warrior who tends to avoid combat for some reason or another, constantly making excuses for will and jace
jessamine and isabelle: a lot of their stories are centered around being a woman and the struggles a woman of their respective era would face, feels left out by the boys, wary of other women, “boy crazy,” really unique weapon (parasol and bracelet whip), dry wittiness
tessa and clary: entire personality is being different from everyone else, let will and jace constantly disrespect them to instantly forgive despite there never actually being an apology, has a family member that makes everything infinitely worse (nate and jocelyn, i am looking at you), constantly trying to prove themselves to the shadowhunters, secret magic powers the world has never seen, kind of in the way tbh, honestly just a very bland FMC,
magnus and magnus: magnus
medium-paced
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced