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A review by uhmjolene
City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
3.0
okay okay i have conflicting thoughts about this book.
first off, the sibling stuff is and was always strange and i wish jace and clary's love were forbidden in a different way but alas that would have made the whole plot tumble down. also why did miss clare make clary's actual brother incestuous anyway? i know clary wasn't into it and all and it may have been a reflection of his demonic blood, but didn't jace also not care in the 2nd book that they were brother and sister if it weren't for the opinion of others? so that would make jace just as bad in that regard?
regardless of all that, clary was annoying as always but luckily less annoying than in the previous books. simon was also a lot more likeable to me in this book. jace, however, steadily increased in cringiness. his dialogue and 2000's emo attitude was a bit much.
the pacing in this book was strange once again and i found i had to really try very hard to pick up the book around halfway through. the latter half is, of course, definitely the better half of this book. The big standout to me was jocelyn's monologue. i think cassandra clare writes emotions very well and this was a perfect example.
overall, this was an enjoyable experience. maybe not from start to finish, but change out the middle 100 pages and it would have been :)
first off, the sibling stuff is and was always strange and i wish jace and clary's love were forbidden in a different way but alas that would have made the whole plot tumble down. also why did miss clare make clary's actual brother incestuous anyway? i know clary wasn't into it and all and it may have been a reflection of his demonic blood, but didn't jace also not care in the 2nd book that they were brother and sister if it weren't for the opinion of others? so that would make jace just as bad in that regard?
regardless of all that, clary was annoying as always but luckily less annoying than in the previous books. simon was also a lot more likeable to me in this book. jace, however, steadily increased in cringiness. his dialogue and 2000's emo attitude was a bit much.
the pacing in this book was strange once again and i found i had to really try very hard to pick up the book around halfway through. the latter half is, of course, definitely the better half of this book. The big standout to me was jocelyn's monologue. i think cassandra clare writes emotions very well and this was a perfect example.
overall, this was an enjoyable experience. maybe not from start to finish, but change out the middle 100 pages and it would have been :)