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A review by vii8
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare
4.0
I personally liked it more than lady midnight.
Livvy's death just ripped me apart from the inside and I think it's because somehow I related her to my little sister...and how can you just end the book on that note Cassandra? Howww? I'm in so much pain now...and so much hate...for the Cohort and Zara Dearborn...and Annabelle effing Blackthorn....why did she have to kill Livvy? How did it help her at all?
On a less emotional page, I have to appreciate Cassandra Clare for her efforts....Diana wrayburn as a transgender....who would have thought? In her books Cassandra Clare has always tried to reflect society...to teach us how to be accepting of those who are different than us....just because they are different doesn't make them "tainted". They are people too, and they have emotions and feeelings and rights just like us. In fact, they aren't all that different from us at all.Especially in Lord of Shadows Cassandra very openly portrays the cohort as a reflection of all those in society who still live in the past, with their stringent ideals and no consideration for others...whether they are downworleders, other shadow hunters who are friendly with downworlders and sympathise with them, or "half breeds" like Mark and Helen. Along with this and the beautiful, heart wrenching relationships that she has woven between Alec and Magnus, Mark,Kieran, and Christina, and Helen and Aline, all of whom we love only serve to emphasise the basic essence of humanity.....
All in all, this was one fast paced, tense, emotion packed book that left me sobbing in a helpless heap at the end. I Loved it.
Spoiler
Livvy's death just ripped me apart from the inside and I think it's because somehow I related her to my little sister...and how can you just end the book on that note Cassandra? Howww? I'm in so much pain now...and so much hate...for the Cohort and Zara Dearborn...and Annabelle effing Blackthorn....why did she have to kill Livvy? How did it help her at all?
On a less emotional page, I have to appreciate Cassandra Clare for her efforts....Diana wrayburn as a transgender....who would have thought? In her books Cassandra Clare has always tried to reflect society...to teach us how to be accepting of those who are different than us....just because they are different doesn't make them "tainted". They are people too, and they have emotions and feeelings and rights just like us. In fact, they aren't all that different from us at all.Especially in Lord of Shadows Cassandra very openly portrays the cohort as a reflection of all those in society who still live in the past, with their stringent ideals and no consideration for others...whether they are downworleders, other shadow hunters who are friendly with downworlders and sympathise with them, or "half breeds" like Mark and Helen. Along with this and the beautiful, heart wrenching relationships that she has woven between Alec and Magnus, Mark,Kieran, and Christina, and Helen and Aline, all of whom we love only serve to emphasise the basic essence of humanity.....
All in all, this was one fast paced, tense, emotion packed book that left me sobbing in a helpless heap at the end. I Loved it.