A review by livia610
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

so this was a reread, the last time i read this book i was in middle school and at the time i thought it was PEAK literature, a 6/5 star book, one of my comfort books, and it kicked off my obsession with the shadowhunter world. that being said, i still really really enjoyed listening to the book again, it was just as captivating and the writing was still pretty good in my opinion and thankfully wasn’t a case of middle school me have low expectations.

i really enjoyed the fact that the end of the book fixed the whole pitting isabelle and clary against each other, and i forgot how high school the unrequited love thing between clary and simon was, but again, im glad that they get over that pretty quickly in the book. rereading this basically solidified my stance that this is one of my favorite books, save for the whole clary and jace being brother and sister (even though they actually aren’t. i really don’t like that part, but because i was in middle school when i read the whole series i didn’t care so now that i know that they aren’t in kinda indifferent about it.

i just love the characterization and the world that is built in this book omg!!!