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The Mortal Instruments Series Books 1-5 (2000)

by Cassandra Clare(Favorite Author)

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review 1: I read a bit, skimmed a lot. Certain stories arcs appealed to me, but more on a soap opera escapist scale than anything. Clare does a decent job of writing quirky teenagers navigating both hormones and fantasy adventures, but some of my beef with the book is that there’s really nothing deeper there. It’s fun, but didn’t touch me with a more genuine message, like the Potter books and the emphasis on sticking together with friends, your legacy living on through your loved ones, and choosing what is right over what is easy. Her characters were a little too one-dimensional for that, and a fair bit of their conflicts were a bit contrived. This whole thing tableau about whether or not Clary’s love interest, Jace, is also her brother caters to popular fetishes, parti... morecularly in fanfiction, but didn’t organically contribute to character growth. And Valentine was an ok villain, choosing xenophobia in response to the constant battling and problems in his world, but Sebastian, in the next trilogy, was completely without layers. He might have some scruples about his upbringing, but ultimately just evil because he has demon’s blood, whatever. I’ll give Clare props for her worldbuilding; I think she did a good job of incorporating biblical mythos about angels and demons into her urban fantasy. But the ending to the six-parter was a total copout—I’ll just go as far to say that the only time when the main characters had to sacrifice something substantial, they immediately got it back in the epilogue. Not too impressed.
review 2: I read a bit, skimmed a lot. Certain stories arcs appealed to me, but more on a soap opera escapist scale than anything. Clare does a decent job of writing quirky teenagers navigating both hormones and fantasy adventures, but some of my beef with the book is that there’s really nothing deeper there. It’s fun, but didn’t touch me with a more genuine message, like the Potter books and the emphasis on sticking together with friends, your legacy living on through your loved ones, and choosing what is right over what is easy. Her characters were a little too one-dimensional for that, and a fair bit of their conflicts were a bit contrived. This whole thing tableau about whether or not Clary’s love interest, Jace, is also her brother caters to popular fetishes, particularly in fanfiction, but didn’t organically contribute to character growth. And Valentine was an ok villain, choosing xenophobia in response to the constant battling and problems in his world, but Sebastian, in the next trilogy, was completely without layers. He might have some scruples about his upbringing, but ultimately just evil because he has demon’s blood, whatever. I’ll give Clare props for her worldbuilding; I think she did a good job of incorporating biblical mythos about angels and demons into her urban fantasy. But the ending to the six-parter was a total copout—I’ll just go as far to say that the only time when the main characters had to sacrifice something substantial, they immediately got it back in the epilogue. Not too impressed. less

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bass

This is a beautiful series. It is filled with love, action, adventure, lessons and hilarious one liners. You will find yourself crying at times and giggling at others. It is a great balance of lead characters and small significant characters with diverse personalities. Every action in the book has a reaction and the emotions are so well versed you get lost in the book and sometimes feel what the characters are feeling even if you identify with one more than the other. I enjoyed that the author made each small detail count towards the bigger picture of the story and every time you think it could be over she gives you a reason to keep reading to keep wanting more. I enjoyed every page and no matter what I had the desire and need to keep reading. It took me less than 10 days to read all 5 books and I am looking forward to the sixth.

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