Title: City of Bones
Series: The Mortal Instruments #1
Author: Casandra Clare
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Date Published: February 19, 2008
Pages: 512 (paperback)
Genre: YA fiction, action, suspense, thriller, romance
Age Range: 13+
Summary
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder -- much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It's hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing -- not even a smear of blood -- to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy?
This is Clary's first meeting
with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of
demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who
looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within
twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance,
when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But
why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her
mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters
would like to know....
Review
I want to see the movie so I read the book first. At first I wasn't so
sure about it because I don't like to read books with demons in them,
but this book is so different from any of the other books I've read with
demons. Cassandra Clare doesn't focus on the demons so much, I mean it
is part of the book, but it isn't really the main focus. There's so much
going on in the book that Cassandra doesn't really zero-in on the dark
side.
This book is so action-packed it's amazing! There is a good bit of violence in this book, but not a whole lot. There is blood, and killings, but it does not go into detail. It isn't gruesome. There are a few swear words, but very little, maybe like 3, but that's it.
This book is so action-packed it's amazing! There is a good bit of violence in this book, but not a whole lot. There is blood, and killings, but it does not go into detail. It isn't gruesome. There are a few swear words, but very little, maybe like 3, but that's it.
Anyway, the book is really good, better than I thought it would be. The plot is rather slow but the
writing is good, things are confusing in the beginning of the book, but
things make more sense as you continue on. You can definitely connect
with the characters, and really dislike others because there are 'evil'
characters. The main character, Clary, is a good, head-strong character.
In my opinion, in the beginning she should have been more scared and
confused, and more weary of the Shadowhunters.
This book is also a movie, though it wasn't very good, wouldn't recommend seeing it.
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