City of Bones...
City of Bones a book about young Clary Fray, her mother has been kidnapped, she's witnessed the unthinkable, and she might actually be going crazy?
City of Bones is the first in the Shadowhunter Chronicle books, while it's not the best of the series it welcomes you to the world of Shadowhunters! (And believe me you will never read a fantasy book like it!) Since this is the first book we have to learn a lot about the Shadowhunter world and that's a lot of information to process and because of this the book may seem boring or too long (at first).
This may be biased considering I've already read them all, I don't have anything really bad to say about it.
When I read City
of Bones for the first time, I remember it being a struggle. It took a
long time for me to finish it for two reasons, this was the first time
I'd actually started to like reading, and I saw the movie first....
Woah. Woah. Woah. Wait a minute, I saw the movie first??? Yep that's right, imagine this:
Me sitting on the couch, channel surfing and looking for a movie to watch when bam! I see the movie The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Hmm, I remember thinking that I'd seen the trailer on TV a couple of times a while ago and decided to watch it. Though I should say that I started it like twenty minutes in or so and was confused for a while, but I wanted to know more... So I started to google it and the rest is history. I found out about the book while getting spoiled mildly and then picked up the book from the library. The main reason that I struggled to get through this book is I am a slow reader and get distracted a lot, and since I knew a bunch about City of Bones from the movie (or so I'd thought. What a horrible adaptation!) I thought it was a waste to read what I already knew, BUT I made myself read it and not skip it so that's the only thing that matters!
Since the Shadowhunters TV show has become so very popular, a tag has gone viral throughout instagram, etc. This tag is called #tmireadathon and was started by the instagram: nephilimevents The goal of this tag is to read every Shadowhunter Chronicle book in the months leading up to the TV shows premier.
Since I've read and loved them all I jumped at the idea of re-reading my favorite series! So here's the thing, since this is a re-review I am going to separate this into two sections. Section one is a short spoiler free review and stars. Section two is the actual re-review with spoilers and talking about re-reading the book.
Review:
City of Bones is the first in the Shadowhunter Chronicle books, while it's not the best of the series it welcomes you to the world of Shadowhunters! (And believe me you will never read a fantasy book like it!) Since this is the first book we have to learn a lot about the Shadowhunter world and that's a lot of information to process and because of this the book may seem boring or too long (at first).
This may be biased considering I've already read them all, I don't have anything really bad to say about it.
"The characters were introduced well, the plot was nice and strong, and the world of The Mortal Instruments just keeps you wanting more!"-Makayla
✮✮✮✮☆ 4/5
