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Clockwork Princess
by Cassandra Clare
This book was almost given a two star rating, but the epilogue bumped it up a star. There is a long list of things that just did not work for me in The Clockwork Princess, but since the list is so long I will keep it short:
UGGGH LIST
1. The use of foreign languages was pedantic not effective
2. The excessive references to other novels (ESPECIALLY A Tale of Two Cities) killed me. I gave ATTC two stars fyi
3. How long and drawn out it was. This book wasn't any worse than the other two, there was just so much of the same stuff happening, it really got old. Like as old as Tessa and Magnus Bane.
4. In my review of The Clockwork Prince I predicted that Clare would pair up all of the characters. I. TOLD. YOU. SO. 'nuff said
5. It was too long. Oh, did I already mention this? Hmmm that's a little redundant... Hey just like this series!
6.The evil guy wasn't even in the second book or the majority of this book. The only thing evil was the 500 pages I had to read just to get to the interesting parts!
7. Because the original bad guy was so absent, Clare gave us a new bad guy in the Consul. He was just a really stereotypical bad guy.
8. This book introduces the use of letter writing as device to convey plot. This is a break from the precedent set in the first two novels, and it was completely out of place in this series.
9. There was nothing that established the time period or British culture effectively. There was no differentiation between Tessa's American accent and the British ones.
With all of these things in mind, I really did love the epilogue. I almost started to cry- I didn't though because this book wasn't that good. Is it worth it to read the entire series just to get to the epilogue? I don't know. How long is your flight?
UGGGH LIST
1. The use of foreign languages was pedantic not effective
2. The excessive references to other novels (ESPECIALLY A Tale of Two Cities) killed me. I gave ATTC two stars fyi
3. How long and drawn out it was. This book wasn't any worse than the other two, there was just so much of the same stuff happening, it really got old. Like as old as Tessa and Magnus Bane.
4. In my review of The Clockwork Prince I predicted that Clare would pair up all of the characters. I. TOLD. YOU. SO. 'nuff said
5. It was too long. Oh, did I already mention this? Hmmm that's a little redundant... Hey just like this series!
6.The evil guy wasn't even in the second book or the majority of this book. The only thing evil was the 500 pages I had to read just to get to the interesting parts!
7. Because the original bad guy was so absent, Clare gave us a new bad guy in the Consul. He was just a really stereotypical bad guy.
8. This book introduces the use of letter writing as device to convey plot. This is a break from the precedent set in the first two novels, and it was completely out of place in this series.
9. There was nothing that established the time period or British culture effectively. There was no differentiation between Tessa's American accent and the British ones.
With all of these things in mind, I really did love the epilogue. I almost started to cry- I didn't though because this book wasn't that good. Is it worth it to read the entire series just to get to the epilogue? I don't know. How long is your flight?