Let me just say, the early 2000’s YA books were wild.
The Book
Title: The City of Bones
Author: Cassandra Clare
Series: The Mortal Instruments #1
Published September 1st 2015 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published May 27th 2007)
Genre: YA, Fantasy
Pages: 486
“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…” -Goodreads
My Review
The Mortal Instruments has been out for ages and was one of the original YA fantasy books. I am going back in time to read them because I never did as a kid.
I am shocked, disgusted, but also… happy?
You got Clary, who is a total “I am not like other girls” girl learning she has a crazy dark and mysterious history. She find this out because she met…you guessed it, a boy.
This book series is going to ruin me, and I mean this in a bad way.
The whole thing is gross. It has racist jokes, gay stereotypes, and politically incorrect words up the wazoo. Not to mention the (spoiler) incest plotline???
The negatives aside, the book was pretty good. If I had read this book back in 2010, I would definitely would have liked it.
By the end of the book, I found myself rooting for Clary. I hated her the whole book and now I am ready to read the second to see how it all plays out.
I think that is all I have to say for this book. I can’t compare it to anything recent because writing has evolved so much over the past ten or so years, which I am thankful for.
As always, thank for reading,
A Bookie
Star Rating: 3.0 (It would have had four, but I dont stand for the bigotry scattered throughout this.)