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3 stars 2 stars 1 star - Hardcover 544 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1416914307
- ISBN-13: 9781416914303
- Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
- Pub date: Mar 24, 2009
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... and another languageLibri Italiani
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Before I start critiquing, I want to say that I enjoyed this book. I was pretty much glued to it for a day, so it is a page turner. I did have problems with it that prevent me from giving it a higher rating though.
Clare was very repetitive, which I partly attribute to bad editing. I got very ... Continue
Before I start critiquing, I want to say that I enjoyed this book. I was pretty much glued to it for a day, so it is a page turner. I did have problems with it that prevent me from giving it a higher rating though.
Clare was very repetitive, which I partly attribute to bad editing. I got very annoyed with Clary and Jace because of it. One scene of over angst-y declarations of love would have been quite enough, but I lost count of how many were actually in this book. It was hard to believe that a month was enough time for them to fall madly in love with each other. It seemed more like physical attraction than love.
I started disliking Clary's character more than ever because of her rash decisions. She always got herself into trouble and had to be rescued. It's a problem when the main characters of your story are annoying. The weird love entanglements, particularly with Simon, were just out of place.
The previous two books had a surprise factor, but I saw the "twist" coming far in advance. Clare's clues were too obvious and the ending was predictable. But what really ticked me off was one particular death that was absolutely unnecessary. It made me angry that Clare chose this person to die when she could have easily picked someone else less like-able.
I don't know if I'm being too hard on this book. I guess I expected more and it's frustrating because it could have been great with a bit of tweaking. Happy endings are good, but this one was too fairy tale. A touch of tragedy would have improved it. I may not agree with Clare's choices, but parts of the story were great and that redeemed it a bit for me.