Post by Ryzxn on Jan 17, 2013 22:53:55 GMT -5
So, like, seriously, I seem to be the one enjoying this board the most. Anyway. Let's get to the point.
So, the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. With the City of Bones movie coming out this August (the twenty-third), I figured it was about time to make an attempt to get more people to read this, in my opinion, amazing series. It was quite a while ago when I read City of Bones, but, still. My review isn't invalid. I hope. *note, there will be spoilers for the first book, but I still strongly suggest reading it. It's beautiful.*
So, at the start of the book, it's super confusing. I had a friend who wouldn't read the book because she didn't understand anything that was going on in the first chapter. My response is: of course it's confusing! It's Clary's point of view and she's confused. Not to mention she thinks she's going crazy when she sees three teens, all dressed in black, covering is weird tattoos, killing another kid. In a club, of all places. By the way, the makers of the movie seem to have done an AMAZING job with the Pandemonium scene. I'm watching that movie 50 million times, just to see that scene. It's so blue. I love blue.
And then the scene at Java Jones. And the fact that it's Jace flippin' Wayland. And he's that hot. I have to say, Jace seems like a complete Gary-sue at the beginning. It gets better. I, for one, HATE perfect characters. And Jace is, yes, described as perfect and gorgeous and flawless (which isn't true, he has a chipped tooth) but with all the cra-- crud, he and Clary go through, I think he deserves a little perfection, especially by the fourth and fifth book. (No spoilers. Just saying stuff hits the fan.)
Moving on. So, the Ravener attack. Clary's mom is missing. Basically the whole main plot until Chapter, I believe, 16 or 17. I have to say, the plot in Mortal Instruments isn't as prominent, and there's a couple times where I've been like "WHY THE HECK DID HE/SHE DO THAT?" But nothing too bad. All in all, I'd say the plot is pretty good and straightforward. And, since it has to span for 6 books, it continues very well. And, no, that doesn't mean Clary's looking for her mom the whole 6 books. Other revelations develop. And just ashdbgksjagbs.
Mkaay. So, I seriously forgot pretty much every milestone between that and when they go to Luke's house and find Simon and he accuses Clary of shacking up with a dyed sarcastic blond. And then Jace is all like "Ohnoyoudidn't. My hair ish real, jerk."
And then, at some point, there's a scene w/ Luke and Jace and Clary hiding behind a desk or something. Some type of furniture, and he's talking to people. I have no idea what happened there. I serious don't remember. I do, however, remember that SOMETHING WENT DOWN THERE. AND THAT SOMETHING WAS AMAZING.
THEN THE THING WITH SIMON. REMEMBER THAT THING; IT'S IMPORTANT. Yes. The fact Simon got turned into a rat and lugged off to the Hotel Dumort is important. Everyone knows a dead hotel full of vampires is a thing to be remembered. And I love how Jace knows what second base is, but doesn't know what a mango looks like when it's not cut up. (Seriously. He doesn't.)
Anyway, so enough of my fail memory. Then we go to Chapter 16-17, something like that. It's Clary's b-day and she spent it holed up in the Institute watching anime with Simon. Then, when he falls asleep, she slips away and runs into Jace. They go to the roof/garden of the Institute, and they open up to each other. They get talking about Clary wanting to ride 'round and 'round in the drier w/ the clothes for her fifth birthday, and Jace, for his fifth, taking a bath in a giant bowl of Spaghetti. And then we conclude that Isabelle's cooking, quite possible, is dangerous. How did Alec survive all those years, I wonder? Jace probably would've double-back-flipped out the window. But Alec. Oh, gosh. Poor Alec.
Anyway. So. Clary almost steps on a dagger that Jace used to peel apples (really, Jace? It might rust!) and she jerks out of the way and hits Jace. Then, at the same time that Clary falls on him, he turns to steady her, and they end up kissing. There's either flaw in the writing here, or Jace meant to do that. Because Clary is way too short to fall on Jace and end up anyway near his face. She'd probably face-plant his abs, instead. So, in my opinion, I'm pretty sure Jace kissed her. Then, on the way back to Clary's room, then run into Simon. And since Simon likes Clary, he freaks the heck out, and Jace gets all put out because Clary referred to the things they were doing as "just kissing." (Which is exactly what they were doing, so I'm quite sure how that makes sense. It's just Jace and his "how quickly you dismiss our love.") Need I say Jace and Simon were annoyed, in the least?
So now I remember little else except for the time when Clary's chillin' w/ Luke and the thing about the golden retriever. I'm being vague on purpose, here. Because this is the one part in this book that I think should be a better guarded secret than the final revelation at the end. Which I'll explain next.
So, just saying, my reaction to finishing City of Bones was: WHAT? WHAAAAAATT? NONONONONO. I READ THAT WRONG. WHATT? NOPE. NOPENOPENOPE. WHYYY? ;WWWW; JACE! CLARY! AWHBFJKSBHSJKDGBSDGS *dies in a pile of mush on the floor*
Okay. So enough of that. So after you've utterly fallen in love with the couple (Jace and Clary), Cassandra Clare goes ahead and rips your heart out with this fact: Jace and Clary are siblings.
Oh, and they find Clary's mom, but she's stuck in a Shadowhunter-y magic coma. So yeah. My dreams have been crushed.
Anyway. So the short version. Clary's this sixteen-year-old red-head w/ a best friend named Simon. She witnesses a murdur committed by three other teens all dressed in black and covered in tattoo thingies called Rune. Later, she runs into Jace, the hottest of the aforementioned teens, and he tells her she's a Shadowhunter (demon hunter). So then Clary's mom goes missing, they encounter a fortune teller, a.k.a. Clary's neighbor, confront an extremely sparkly warlock, beat up some vampires, find that the cliche rivalry between vamps and weres still exists, chill with a werewolf pack, and, finally, save Clary's mom and face-off with big-bad Valentine, who escapes through a mirror that's actually a portal.
Alright, enough of my fangirling over this series. I'm just jhbakjhbdgsadg. It's amazing. Read it. Reeaaad it.
And, finally, if you won't read the book until you're absolutely sure you're going to like it, here's the trailer for the movie, and let's hope the do a good job. Or you could go just to see Magnus, who is played by an actor with one heck of a body. Seriously. Better than Jace, movie-wise. It's amazing. (He's not in the trailer though. Sadface. Look him up. Godfrey Gao.)
So, the Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. With the City of Bones movie coming out this August (the twenty-third), I figured it was about time to make an attempt to get more people to read this, in my opinion, amazing series. It was quite a while ago when I read City of Bones, but, still. My review isn't invalid. I hope. *note, there will be spoilers for the first book, but I still strongly suggest reading it. It's beautiful.*
So, at the start of the book, it's super confusing. I had a friend who wouldn't read the book because she didn't understand anything that was going on in the first chapter. My response is: of course it's confusing! It's Clary's point of view and she's confused. Not to mention she thinks she's going crazy when she sees three teens, all dressed in black, covering is weird tattoos, killing another kid. In a club, of all places. By the way, the makers of the movie seem to have done an AMAZING job with the Pandemonium scene. I'm watching that movie 50 million times, just to see that scene. It's so blue. I love blue.
And then the scene at Java Jones. And the fact that it's Jace flippin' Wayland. And he's that hot. I have to say, Jace seems like a complete Gary-sue at the beginning. It gets better. I, for one, HATE perfect characters. And Jace is, yes, described as perfect and gorgeous and flawless (which isn't true, he has a chipped tooth) but with all the cra-- crud, he and Clary go through, I think he deserves a little perfection, especially by the fourth and fifth book. (No spoilers. Just saying stuff hits the fan.)
Moving on. So, the Ravener attack. Clary's mom is missing. Basically the whole main plot until Chapter, I believe, 16 or 17. I have to say, the plot in Mortal Instruments isn't as prominent, and there's a couple times where I've been like "WHY THE HECK DID HE/SHE DO THAT?" But nothing too bad. All in all, I'd say the plot is pretty good and straightforward. And, since it has to span for 6 books, it continues very well. And, no, that doesn't mean Clary's looking for her mom the whole 6 books. Other revelations develop. And just ashdbgksjagbs.
Mkaay. So, I seriously forgot pretty much every milestone between that and when they go to Luke's house and find Simon and he accuses Clary of shacking up with a dyed sarcastic blond. And then Jace is all like "Ohnoyoudidn't. My hair ish real, jerk."
And then, at some point, there's a scene w/ Luke and Jace and Clary hiding behind a desk or something. Some type of furniture, and he's talking to people. I have no idea what happened there. I serious don't remember. I do, however, remember that SOMETHING WENT DOWN THERE. AND THAT SOMETHING WAS AMAZING.
THEN THE THING WITH SIMON. REMEMBER THAT THING; IT'S IMPORTANT. Yes. The fact Simon got turned into a rat and lugged off to the Hotel Dumort is important. Everyone knows a dead hotel full of vampires is a thing to be remembered. And I love how Jace knows what second base is, but doesn't know what a mango looks like when it's not cut up. (Seriously. He doesn't.)
Anyway, so enough of my fail memory. Then we go to Chapter 16-17, something like that. It's Clary's b-day and she spent it holed up in the Institute watching anime with Simon. Then, when he falls asleep, she slips away and runs into Jace. They go to the roof/garden of the Institute, and they open up to each other. They get talking about Clary wanting to ride 'round and 'round in the drier w/ the clothes for her fifth birthday, and Jace, for his fifth, taking a bath in a giant bowl of Spaghetti. And then we conclude that Isabelle's cooking, quite possible, is dangerous. How did Alec survive all those years, I wonder? Jace probably would've double-back-flipped out the window. But Alec. Oh, gosh. Poor Alec.
Anyway. So. Clary almost steps on a dagger that Jace used to peel apples (really, Jace? It might rust!) and she jerks out of the way and hits Jace. Then, at the same time that Clary falls on him, he turns to steady her, and they end up kissing. There's either flaw in the writing here, or Jace meant to do that. Because Clary is way too short to fall on Jace and end up anyway near his face. She'd probably face-plant his abs, instead. So, in my opinion, I'm pretty sure Jace kissed her. Then, on the way back to Clary's room, then run into Simon. And since Simon likes Clary, he freaks the heck out, and Jace gets all put out because Clary referred to the things they were doing as "just kissing." (Which is exactly what they were doing, so I'm quite sure how that makes sense. It's just Jace and his "how quickly you dismiss our love.") Need I say Jace and Simon were annoyed, in the least?
So now I remember little else except for the time when Clary's chillin' w/ Luke and the thing about the golden retriever. I'm being vague on purpose, here. Because this is the one part in this book that I think should be a better guarded secret than the final revelation at the end. Which I'll explain next.
So, just saying, my reaction to finishing City of Bones was: WHAT? WHAAAAAATT? NONONONONO. I READ THAT WRONG. WHATT? NOPE. NOPENOPENOPE. WHYYY? ;WWWW; JACE! CLARY! AWHBFJKSBHSJKDGBSDGS *dies in a pile of mush on the floor*
Okay. So enough of that. So after you've utterly fallen in love with the couple (Jace and Clary), Cassandra Clare goes ahead and rips your heart out with this fact: Jace and Clary are siblings.
Oh, and they find Clary's mom, but she's stuck in a Shadowhunter-y magic coma. So yeah. My dreams have been crushed.
Anyway. So the short version. Clary's this sixteen-year-old red-head w/ a best friend named Simon. She witnesses a murdur committed by three other teens all dressed in black and covered in tattoo thingies called Rune. Later, she runs into Jace, the hottest of the aforementioned teens, and he tells her she's a Shadowhunter (demon hunter). So then Clary's mom goes missing, they encounter a fortune teller, a.k.a. Clary's neighbor, confront an extremely sparkly warlock, beat up some vampires, find that the cliche rivalry between vamps and weres still exists, chill with a werewolf pack, and, finally, save Clary's mom and face-off with big-bad Valentine, who escapes through a mirror that's actually a portal.
Alright, enough of my fangirling over this series. I'm just jhbakjhbdgsadg. It's amazing. Read it. Reeaaad it.
And, finally, if you won't read the book until you're absolutely sure you're going to like it, here's the trailer for the movie, and let's hope the do a good job. Or you could go just to see Magnus, who is played by an actor with one heck of a body. Seriously. Better than Jace, movie-wise. It's amazing. (He's not in the trailer though. Sadface. Look him up. Godfrey Gao.)
Okay. Seriously. Enough fangirling. I have Geometry homework to do.
And in chorus, we learn how to read music. What about you?
But yeah, working on the missing location pictures. <3