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zutsie's review against another edition
4.0
Oh. My. Gosh. Yes, me, back at these books, because I am a hopeless Cassandra Clare junkie. In the most extreme. Any excuse to return to the world of Shadowhunters and I am there. So. I am very pleased that a few years have passed in between since City of Heavenly Fire, as that was the one thing I was worried about – I wasn’t really in the mood to read about 12 years olds. However, Clare masterfully moves us on a few years until after the turmoil that was Sebastian Morgenstern is not the be all and end all.
So we move on with Emma Carstairs, and I grew to quite like her. Then again, I expected nothing less. Cassandra Clare writes great characters. Oh, and Julian. I love it. I feel for him, I really do. That he is the pillar the holds the family up is so sad. Mark Blackthorn returns, and I felt for him. I am so pleased that he has returned, but it has most certainly not been an easy return. Not for him, and not for the Blackthorn family. I had a suspicion the Kieran thing was going to go the way it did, but that was fine. Also, exploring two parabatai that want more than they may have, this has seriously interesting potential to it. Then again, what would a Clare book be without a forbidden love angle? Not that I am complaining, she delivers the goods better than anyone else!
I loved reading about Magnus Bane, even though it was just snippets. And, naturally, slurping up any and all information pertaining to Clary and Jace, because, you know, that was just soooo my jam.
Okay, so something that did annoy me a bit? We are always told and reminded how rare parabatai are (and you know how incredibly fascinated I am by the concept), though it is starting to turn into every second person has one, and I don’t like that. It’s like… it’s killing the magic?
But, mini gripe aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this. A new story, with new issues, events deeply rooted in the events of The Mortal Instruments series, and yet confident enough to stand on its own, I thoroughly enjoyed Lady Midnight. Not Clare’s strongest offering ever, but not one to be overlooked. I cannot wait to see where this story goes.
So we move on with Emma Carstairs, and I grew to quite like her. Then again, I expected nothing less. Cassandra Clare writes great characters. Oh, and Julian. I love it. I feel for him, I really do. That he is the pillar the holds the family up is so sad. Mark Blackthorn returns, and I felt for him. I am so pleased that he has returned, but it has most certainly not been an easy return. Not for him, and not for the Blackthorn family. I had a suspicion the Kieran thing was going to go the way it did, but that was fine. Also, exploring two parabatai that want more than they may have, this has seriously interesting potential to it. Then again, what would a Clare book be without a forbidden love angle? Not that I am complaining, she delivers the goods better than anyone else!
I loved reading about Magnus Bane, even though it was just snippets. And, naturally, slurping up any and all information pertaining to Clary and Jace, because, you know, that was just soooo my jam.
Okay, so something that did annoy me a bit? We are always told and reminded how rare parabatai are (and you know how incredibly fascinated I am by the concept), though it is starting to turn into every second person has one, and I don’t like that. It’s like… it’s killing the magic?
But, mini gripe aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this. A new story, with new issues, events deeply rooted in the events of The Mortal Instruments series, and yet confident enough to stand on its own, I thoroughly enjoyed Lady Midnight. Not Clare’s strongest offering ever, but not one to be overlooked. I cannot wait to see where this story goes.
juulisbad's review against another edition
4.0
This book deserves it's full four stars I gave it but that's kind of disappointing if you consider my ratings for the mortal instruments or the infernal devices. Maybe I just got too old for those kind of stories and love or maybe the topic is just to familiar with me now allthough I suppose I would really love reading the infernal devices all over again and it would tear me apart like the first time. Lady Midnight however didn't make me wanna stuff my heart into the trash and burn it with all my horrible feelings, no this was a pleasant and enjoyable read but nothing more (That makes me very sad) I can't really connect to the main charakters Emma and Jules allthoug I always could in Cassies books.However I fell in love with Mark Blackthorn, just as I have predicted from all that snippets and characteristics and art Cassandra Jean made. I missed the sassy hot boy aka Jace/Will Herondale in this novel and part of it was replaced by Mark but he obviously can't fill the whole place since he's kind of too nice or whatever. The relationship between Emma and Mark is boring and you can't really feel the pain so you might already guess that I really enjoyed when The writing was great, as always. I didnt like how Cassie presented the big Blackthorn family, since I also have a bunch of sibling I know that especially when you're younger there is a lot more "hate" fighting and bitching around between siblings and not that harmonical pancake tram tram that we see with the Blackthorns and no it doesn't matter that they've had a difficult childhood. That's just not how it works especially since they don't have a strict father figure in their life and I''m talking about real authority. Also Malcom Fades name was really cheap.Why can't Cassie come up with something that hasn't got the same emphasis and rhythm as Magnus Bane? Why not call him Hieronymus Rubbledawn or something like that? It would sound so much cooler. I really really enjoyed the atmosphere of the necromancy and Annabel Lee theme and motives. They gave the story a great, mysterious and dark blue,cold touch just like the cold water in deep sea. I just have this image of Annabels dark hair floating in the water in mind and it really makes me shiver
I have the feeling that Christina has far too little Charakter to be one of the main charakters. Apparently she believes in the Angel and all of his laws and stuff but on the other side she reacts like some hippie with "do whatever you want in live, the angel has a path for you" huh? Please show charakter Christina or I'm going to sop shipping you with my dear, lovely Mark. Didn't Cassie tell us that Jules was going to be the cooles of all the main love interests and that he was going to smoke? All lies, everywhere. He didn't smoke once in the whole book and also he seems to be a rag. He's just to much of a father figure to be a "cool" guy. I also like that Emma is the heartbreaker in this book, at least Cassie managed to change one single thing from her other series. (I can't believe that I'm sounding so mean) Au revoir, I'm going to bring back love!
Spoiler
Emma "broke up" with Julian an asked Mark to pretend to be in love with her (I always had a thing for fake romance) and Mark was just "why pretend" omg I loved that line and I hope they will have a thing for real and Emma will catch some feelings for Mark and everything will be really hard for poor Julian. But as I already know Cassie it will probably be sth. like that: Mark will fall in love with Emma and Emma would really start to care about Mark but there would be no love between them. Jem will somehow release Jules and Emma from their parabatai oath and they will be happily together (of course only in book three) and Mark will either end up alone, with Kieran or with Christina (allthough I guess this is unlikely )I have the feeling that Christina has far too little Charakter to be one of the main charakters. Apparently she believes in the Angel and all of his laws and stuff but on the other side she reacts like some hippie with "do whatever you want in live, the angel has a path for you" huh? Please show charakter Christina or I'm going to sop shipping you with my dear, lovely Mark. Didn't Cassie tell us that Jules was going to be the cooles of all the main love interests and that he was going to smoke? All lies, everywhere. He didn't smoke once in the whole book and also he seems to be a rag. He's just to much of a father figure to be a "cool" guy. I also like that Emma is the heartbreaker in this book, at least Cassie managed to change one single thing from her other series. (I can't believe that I'm sounding so mean) Au revoir, I'm going to bring back love!
katielkc's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
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
5.0
esthersweet08's review against another edition
4.0
Buen inicio de saga, no es maravilloso pero sí muy bueno. Me han encantado Kieran y Mark, de verdad, los adoro.
em_poleca's review against another edition
5.0
Pełną opinię (ze spoilerami!) znajdziecie na: eM poleca: Pani Noc
eM była psychicznie przygotowana na to, że z każdą kolejną stroną najnowszej książki Cassie będzie się coraz bardziej zmuszała do dalszego czytania. Szczególnie, że książka jest całkiem niezłym klockiem. Świadomość tego, jak skończyła się pierwsza seria opowiadająca o losach Nocnych Łowców, a raczej to, że wcale tak naprawdę się nie skończyła, spowodowała, że eM była przygotowana na to, że za książkę zabierze się dopiero jakiś czas po premierze, a zrobi to i tak jedynie z sentymentu.
A raczej była tam, dopóki nie przeczytała Pani Nocy (nadal nie może zrozumieć czemu tak został przetłumaczony tytuł!). Oczywiście, wszystko się może zmienić, trzeba poczekać na to co się będzie działo w kolejnych częściach, ale w tym momencie Pani Noc jest ulubioną książką eM ze świata Nocnych Łowców.
eM była psychicznie przygotowana na to, że z każdą kolejną stroną najnowszej książki Cassie będzie się coraz bardziej zmuszała do dalszego czytania. Szczególnie, że książka jest całkiem niezłym klockiem. Świadomość tego, jak skończyła się pierwsza seria opowiadająca o losach Nocnych Łowców, a raczej to, że wcale tak naprawdę się nie skończyła, spowodowała, że eM była przygotowana na to, że za książkę zabierze się dopiero jakiś czas po premierze, a zrobi to i tak jedynie z sentymentu.
A raczej była tam, dopóki nie przeczytała Pani Nocy (nadal nie może zrozumieć czemu tak został przetłumaczony tytuł!). Oczywiście, wszystko się może zmienić, trzeba poczekać na to co się będzie działo w kolejnych częściach, ale w tym momencie Pani Noc jest ulubioną książką eM ze świata Nocnych Łowców.
gretchenfletch's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ellakostka's review against another edition
5.0
4.5/5⭐️
this book gave me everything i expected from tid and then some and i am absolutely in love. and julian!!! oh my god. what a character. he deserves the world.
this book gave me everything i expected from tid and then some and i am absolutely in love. and julian!!! oh my god. what a character. he deserves the world.