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A review by boredvsick
Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
It's incredible how i was curious about this book, after the first one, and how disappointed i am.
i can't feel the bond between characters, i can't feel anything.
I wanted more of Alastair and Thomas, their moment felt cut short. i can't really understand what Alastair is feeling and especially why, since they shared like 2 days in paris years ago.
Lucie was kinda annoying, Cornelia and James are supposed to be a slow burn full of desire but i was bored reading about them. Christopher doesn't have a personality, he's flat i feel like he deserves more. The characters are there, yes, but they seem shallow. Flat, as if they're just filling space. I'm weirded out by Jesse and Lucie. Matthew deserves more and i don't think this book should have a love triangle. He should work on himself, he doesn't need love (not romantic one), he needs friends and people who are willing to listen to him. I don't find really appealing the idea of him being in love with Cornelia. They could had have an amazing platonic relationship, navigating pain together but not how i feel C.C. wrote in the third book (I'll read it, hoping I'm wrong). now, the book wasn't bad (tda, the previous saga, was almost painful and this one is so much better) but where's the action? where are the battles or simply where's the plot and why is it so slow? for the first 200 pages, i wanted to sleep. Too much unusefull pages filled with nothing. I wanted more introspection, more something. I'm hoping for more, in the final one. I'm hoping for more bonds, more talks, more feelings but especially an entertaining, and well written, plot.
+ i don't understand how Lucie and Cornelia could become parabatai. their friendship is so empty. There's nothing even similar to the amazing parabati bond Will and Jem had. Even Alec and Jace had more touching moments.
I can forgive Matthew and james simply because James was being manipulated, so he wasn't himself and i believe that's the reason why their parabatai bond, as well, was simply mentioned but never /felt/.
i can't feel the bond between characters, i can't feel anything.
I wanted more of Alastair and Thomas, their moment felt cut short. i can't really understand what Alastair is feeling and especially why, since they shared like 2 days in paris years ago.
Lucie was kinda annoying, Cornelia and James are supposed to be a slow burn full of desire but i was bored reading about them. Christopher doesn't have a personality, he's flat i feel like he deserves more. The characters are there, yes, but they seem shallow. Flat, as if they're just filling space. I'm weirded out by Jesse and Lucie. Matthew deserves more and i don't think this book should have a love triangle. He should work on himself, he doesn't need love (not romantic one), he needs friends and people who are willing to listen to him. I don't find really appealing the idea of him being in love with Cornelia. They could had have an amazing platonic relationship, navigating pain together but not how i feel C.C. wrote in the third book (I'll read it, hoping I'm wrong). now, the book wasn't bad (tda, the previous saga, was almost painful and this one is so much better) but where's the action? where are the battles or simply where's the plot and why is it so slow? for the first 200 pages, i wanted to sleep. Too much unusefull pages filled with nothing. I wanted more introspection, more something. I'm hoping for more, in the final one. I'm hoping for more bonds, more talks, more feelings but especially an entertaining, and well written, plot.
+ i don't understand how Lucie and Cornelia could become parabatai. their friendship is so empty. There's nothing even similar to the amazing parabati bond Will and Jem had. Even Alec and Jace had more touching moments.
I can forgive Matthew and james simply because James was being manipulated, so he wasn't himself and i believe that's the reason why their parabatai bond, as well, was simply mentioned but never /felt/.