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Jan 20, 2012

Cara rated it:

Wow. I was reading some reviews on this and people either hate or love it. I am not ashamed to say I belong to the latter. Lots of opinions means there is lots of things to say...

Ok so I was practically splitting my head open thinking of what exactly I wanted to say about this book. In the end I just decided to go with what comes to mind. So here it goes...

Clare does a superb job of drawing you in. Maybe the plot isn't completely unique but the world she created is. I kep More...

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Jan 26, 2012

Heather rated it:

I was instantly enchanted when I first read City of Bones, and that enchantment still holds four years, and at least half a dozen re-reads later in sptite of the fact that I'm older, wiser, and should know better. I've also read countless reviews, both adoring and loathing and have come to the conclusion that this book does not garner any type of middle ground, you either love it or you hate it.

I'm glad that I get to love it. What else can I say?
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21 comments like (79 people liked it)

Nov 23, 2011

Lina rated it:

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43 comments like (68 people liked it)

Mar 20, 2011

Tatiana rated it:

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92 comments like (167 people liked it)

Nov 01, 2010

Shelley rated it:

Pure and utter crap. I wish there were ways to give negative stars. I certainly want the time from my life back. I would compare its writing quality to a fanzine, except that comparison wouldn't be fair to fanzines. But I swear to God, it took every single bad fanfic writing cliche and published them. What were her publishers thinking??? Where was her editor?? It was horrible.

I would dearly love for a fanfiction author to make good and become a published writer, but I'd prefer one w More...

65 comments like (108 people liked it)

Oct 14, 2011

Kat rated it:

***Warning: won't contain spoilers cause I didn't get far enough to give a fuck and discover anything worth spoiling.***

Okay, so let me get this out straight. I have never NOT finished a book before. Okay, I'm lying. The History of Sexuality Volume 1 by Michel Foucault remains unfinished as does Villette by Charlotte Bronte. Why? Because they were boring.

Because, as I read them, I wanted to take a cheese grater to my skull and rub vigorously just to have something to do! More...

106 comments like (76 people liked it)

Jan 27, 2012

Palice rated it:

Yes! FINISHED! Review to come soon.

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BAHAHAHAHAHA!
*dies laughing*
That lovely drawing was made by the wonderful Ghirardelli. We're going to be rereading this book, and it is going to be AWESOME.

Just to be clear: We aren't making fun of the author's appearance. Caricatures are meant to look silly, and they're simply to entertain. Almost every famous person has had a caricature made of him or her.
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41 comments like (40 people liked it)

Apr 02, 2011

Andrea rated it:

I've been deliberating for a few hours over doing a Serious Business review of City of Bones and outlining the infinite number of problems that lie within, but I decided that any critical thought that I could flesh out isn't going to be anything that you've never heard before. Therefore, I choose the low road - sarcasm and mockery.

Oh, Cassie Clare, you so crazy. I can only guess that after writing almost a million words of Harry Potter fan fiction, a bunch of people sucking your e-co More...

484 comments like (186 people liked it)

May 18, 2011

Moderatrix Lori rated it:

Do yourself a favor and be careful reading reviews or posts that give away the ending of this book. Unfortunately, I read about the devastating twist on a message board and was sorry that I knew, sooner then I wanted to, what direction the story takes towards the end. Of course you'll have to read the next two books in the series in hopes that it's not true. It can't be true, it just can't be!

Don't let the fact that this book is in the "Young Adult" section throw you. T More...

17 comments like (51 people liked it)

Feb 11, 2012

Sarah rated it:

UPDATE as of 2/12/12

I've been busy with my blog this past few months and my update was 4 months ago? Yeah that sucks right. But what I'm going to tell you will suck more so suit up guys.

Warm Bodies movie adaptation was pushed back to 2013. It was supposed to be this year at August. I'm sorry to say that it's not gonna happen until next year.

What? What was that? Oh yeah, that has nothing with TMI at all, right? I'm just breaking it to you slowly because I'm k More...

136 comments like (29 people liked it)

Feb 20, 2011

Joyzi rated it:

Alex Pettyfer Update

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSgEwlsek...

***OBSCENE ALERT***

Alex Pettyfer Pictures, Images and Photos

Note: I will fucking kill the Casting Director if Alex Pettyfer, ~~the man of my erotic dreams and fantasies~~*coughs* will not be cast as Jace Wayland! Seriously I don't care if he has a British accent and he already have Beastly, I am Number Four and Torment movies for 2011, I don't freaking care! He need to be Jace Wayland and Peeta Mellark! All I want in my life right More...

179 comments like (72 people liked it)

Oct 15, 2010

Sparrow rated it:

I think this book is seriously mentally other-abled. I kind of don’t want to make fun of it because, you know, it’s not playing the game with a full deck of cards. But, at the same time, it’s not so learning disabled that it needs to sit in a separate classroom from the other stories, it’s just learning disabled enough to be creepy. So, I kind of do want to make fun of it. It's a tough call. There was this guy in my high school graduating class like that. I’m going to tell you about him in More...

74 comments like (70 people liked it)

Dec 17, 2009

Jess rated it:

Really, there's nothing very original, or satisfying in the book. She borrowed so heavily from Buffy, Harry Potter, and Star Wars that it sticks out like a sore thumb. It reads like altered fan fiction. And I love fan fiction, make no mistake, but it's not attempting to make a buck off someone else's world, either. Which is essentially what the book is. Cobbled fan fiction that has no cohesion.

I knew Clare as Cassandra Claire from Harry Potter fandom, I will admit, and that did color More...

56 comments like (77 people liked it)

Jul 02, 2011

Lora rated it:

Okay, here's the deal: The first portion of this review is going to be completely spoiler free (for those who haven't yet read this), but the second part, after the long line of asterisks, is going to be basically just me venting about some things that are VERY spoilery. So, I wouldn't recommend reading the second part of this review if you haven't yet read City of Bones.

Okay, let me just say that this book completely exceeded my expectations by far. You know how when you start a boo More...

21 comments like (22 people liked it)

Sep 14, 2011

Shannon rated it:

Clary Fray is a regular fifteen year old, living with her mum, Jocelyn, an artist, in Brooklyn. Her father, she has been told, died before she was born. One night at an underage club with her best friend Simon, she witnesses something no one else can see: three teenagers kill what looks like a boy, but is really a demon. She shouldn't have been able to see anything - she's a "mundane", and doesn't have the Sight. Or does she? Has her mother been lying to her about who she really is? Wh More...

16 comments like (19 people liked it)

Jul 10, 2011

Kira rated it:

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34 comments like (29 people liked it)

Dec 01, 2007

Natalie rated it:

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Feb 06, 2009

Cat rated it:

I read this one while taking a break from school books and papers, and I needed some mindless but entertaining brain rot. Therein lies the appeal of this novel.

If you've even dipped a pinkie toe in the online Harry Potter fandom, you've probably heard of the author (if not, just employ some google-fu and you find everything you need). The buzz generated by Clare's fandom notoriety probably was a great boon for this book, and I admit it's the only reason I read it. Although it's ha More...

16 comments like (64 people liked it)

Jan 11, 2012

Lou rated it:

City of Bones has a lot going on inside the story. The cover for a start is bit over the top makes out to be more romantic than it is. I might be one of the last bunch out of goodreads who only just read this. So many readers have this as read and voted for it as good story, I can see why in some ways but I felt it was too over crammed with things going on. Information overload and tried a bit too hard into making it a good story with a dialogue that just lost me being really engrossed into the More...

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Sep 14, 2011

Jarrah rated it:

YA urban fantasy. Clary sees a boy - or possibly a boy - killed in a night club, and is pitched into a world of shadowhunters and downworlders, where she might fit in better than she imagined.

I will admit that I read this purely because Cassandra Clare wrote the ridiculously well-known Secret Diaries of the Fellowship of the Ring. (And there's a Secret Diaries reference in the book, which is cute.)

This is definitely a different kettle of vampire bikies. I have slightly m More...

0 comments like (8 people liked it)

Jan 28, 2012

Ghirardelli rated it:

*Spoilers yeah*

I’m going to say this now so it’s out of the way.
No.
I’ve never read the Draco Trilogy by Cassandra Claire on fanfiction.net.

No.
I have no right to mention the plagiarism event around the Draco Trilogy in this review, because I have not read it, and so I will not go into the plagiarism event.

Yes.
I know of the plagiarism, and I find it despicable, but I’m not reviewing that, I’m reviewing City of Bones.

THE More...

35 comments like (16 people liked it)

Dec 21, 2011

Mery rated it:

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9 comments like (7 people liked it)

Oct 16, 2011

Isabel rated it:

This is my new favorite book! Wow... I really want to write a review, but I don't know if I can adequately express what I think about it without dissolving into fangirly squealing. But if anyone really wants me to write one then I'll give it a shot. :) Just leave a comment if you want me to!

(AHHHHHHHHH it was so good!!!)

Updated: So, by popular demand (AKA I just randomly decided to write a review), I’ve decided that yes I AM going to torture you all by ranting on aimlessly ab More...

52 comments like (7 people liked it)

Apr 16, 2011

Gabby rated it:

one day whilebrowsing some pictures of Alex Pettyfer on Photobucket (obsess much?? XD) i spotted this photo of him

Jace Wayland Pictures, Images and Photos

(that's not the only photo of him that has "jace" written on it)

so i was curious i was like "does alex pettyfer have a new movie and his character's name is Jace?" i googled it and found out it is a book character in the series called the mortal instruments so i was like " owww!! this book is everywhere @ NBS" but there are u More...

145 comments like (13 people liked it)

Jan 06, 2012

Lucy rated it:

The writing was weak and inconsistent. It felt like a writing stage you hit in your teens when you've just read books by great authors and want to experiment with their writing and style. We all go through those periods, any sort of writer, where we think the punch to Hemingway is just too brilliant and find ourselves replicating his more obvious style points. For me, City of Bones read like a book written by someone who did not have a voice of her own. I felt like there might have been some sor More...

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Dec 05, 2010

Terry (Ter05 TwiMoms/ MundieMoms) rated it:

I bought this book on Monday before I was leaving to go to TwiCon in Dallas on Thursday. I sat down to look at it for a few minutes and before I knew it hours had passed and I HAD to finish it. I didn't have time to read that week, but this book just drew me in. As I learned about the world of Shadowhunters, I also was intrigued by the characters and discovered that world along with red-haired Clary whose mother had been kidnapped. Thrust into a world of strangers who were definitely not as More...

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Sep 08, 2011

Natalie (Mindful Musings) rated it:

Short & Sweet Second-Time-Around Review
Wonderfully creative world with definite page-turner appeal. Great introduction of minor characters, but the main characters are slightly stereotypical of the genre. Also the ending is HORRIFIC! Not in terms of poor writing but in "oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-that-just-happened." (You have to stick with the series though, if nothing else but to see what happens)!

First Time Review
I came across this series while looking f More...

3 comments like (8 people liked it)

Mar 15, 2011

Penny rated it:

Update 06/10/10: changed star rating and added a little addendum/explanation at the end of the original review.

Loved this book, though it isn't anything particularly special; it isn't a life-changing read. But it's not a "check your brain at the door" book either. It's just a fun fantasy/adventure-type book.

Clary is your regular fifteen-year old girl growing up in New York - nothing particularly special about her or her upbringing, though her father passed awa More...

19 comments like (14 people liked it)

Sep 17, 2010

Lady Danielle "The Book Huntress" rated it:

Rich, vivid, entrancing. City of Bones is all those things and more. As I read this book, I felt that sense of childhood joy that I remembered from reading C.S. Lewis' Narnia series and Madeleine L'Engle's Wrinkle in Time, and the many fairy tales and legends growing up. I found the world-building in this series without fault. I have to give it to Cassandra Clare for creating this book. It was a fantastic concept that kept me enthralled to the last page.

City of Bones is a More...

28 comments like (34 people liked it)

Sep 14, 2011

Kaitlyn rated it:

I have heard people say great things about the Mortal Instruments series for a while now, so I decided I would check it out. Wow! They were right, this book was amazing. I loved it. I fell in love with Jace because of his sarcastic and witty humor. Clary was a very good main character, she just seemed so real. Alot of plot twists that I didn't expect...this book definitely caught my attention!

I cannot wait to pick up and read City of Ashes :)

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