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City of Bones

City of Bones

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  • Author：Cassandra Clare
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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。。。

Exotic and gritty， exhilarating and utterly gripping， Cassandra Clare's ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end。

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Reviews

Paula Tecuanhuey ，

Muy buena historia y desarrollo de personajes。 Además de que te atrapa desde el primer momento， te invita a querer leer el resto de la saga

Nina ，

This isn’t exactly great literature - not that it pretends to be - and the endless and often ridiculous （at times nonsensical） descriptions and comparisons are best skipped， but that said， I was virtually incapable of putting it down。 On to City of Ashes！

Geo Paul ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Quotes I liked:1。There is nothing，” he added， “quite like the moral absolutism of the young。 It’s easy， as a child， to believe in good and evil， in light and dark。2。“If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do，” said Magnus， still looking at Alec， “you will never learn from your mistakes。”3。“My father believed in a righteous God。 Deus volt， that was his motto—‘Because God wills it。’ It was the Crusaders’ motto， and they went out to battle and were slaughtered， just like my f Quotes I liked:1。There is nothing，” he added， “quite like the moral absolutism of the young。 It’s easy， as a child， to believe in good and evil， in light and dark。2。“If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do，” said Magnus， still looking at Alec， “you will never learn from your mistakes。”3。“My father believed in a righteous God。 Deus volt， that was his motto—‘Because God wills it。’ It was the Crusaders’ motto， and they went out to battle and were slaughtered， just like my father。 And when I saw him lying dead in a pool of his own blood， I knew then that I hadn’t stopped believing in God。 I’d just stopped believing God cared。 There might be a God， Clary， and there might not， but I don’t think it matters。 Either way， we’re on our own。”4。“Where there is feeling that is not requited，” said Hodge， “there is an imbalance of power。 It is an imbalance that is easy to exploit， but it is not a wise course。 Where there is love， there is often also hate。 They can exist side by side。” 。。。more

Emanuela ，

Finalmente mi sono decisa a leggerlo diranno in tanti。Ebbene sì， è accaduto！😆E devo dire che l’ho anche apprezzato。Temevo questo incontro con la fantomatica Clare ma tutto sommato non è andato male。 Certo è un primo volume in stato embrionale e questo si avverte in tutto il libro ma i presupposti sono decisamente buoni。L’adolescente Clary decide una sera di andare al Pandemonium， famoso locale alternativo， con il migliore amico， Simon e fa il primo incontro della sua vita con gli Shadowhunters， Finalmente mi sono decisa a leggerlo diranno in tanti。Ebbene sì， è accaduto！😆E devo dire che l’ho anche apprezzato。Temevo questo incontro con la fantomatica Clare ma tutto sommato non è andato male。 Certo è un primo volume in stato embrionale e questo si avverte in tutto il libro ma i presupposti sono decisamente buoni。L’adolescente Clary decide una sera di andare al Pandemonium， famoso locale alternativo， con il migliore amico， Simon e fa il primo incontro della sua vita con gli Shadowhunters， i cacciatori di demoni sulla terra。Il giorno dopo le riserva una serie di rivelazioni ancora più sconvolgenti， dopo le quali la sua vita non sarà più la stessa。La trama principale è delle più classiche: la lotta tra i cacciatori buoni e i demoni/male， ma anche quella tra il Conclave e il Circolo， emblema di persone rancorose e con paura del diverso che diventa il perfetto capro espiatorio su cui sfogare le proprie frustrazioni。L’aspetto meglio riuscito della storia secondo me， e che ho più apprezzato， è quello del mondo che circonda i protagonisti principali， gli Shadowhunters e i demoni， quello dei Nascosti e dei Dimenticati。 Il fatto che esista tutta una società di figure magiche e che non siano solo buoni o solo cattivi ma che abbiano le loro simpatie e antipatie， i loro timori e le loro particolarità， è stato per me ciò che ha movimentato il tutto rendendolo non piatto ma con mille sfumature。Clary è un meh。 Non son proprio riuscita a farmi andare giù in certi momenti che una ragazzina che non avesse mai avuto a che fare con questo mondo， lo accettasse con tanta facilità e senza la minima ombra di paura （a parte con Abbadoon ma vabbè quello era un po’ spaventoso anche per gli altri）。 Simon ancora peggio; non lo ho proprio sopportato nei suoi continui sbavare e lamentarsi。。。ma insomma svegliati una buona volta！！！ Nonostante ciò comunque non possiamo dire che non abbia delle trovate geniali。Jace è l’estremo opposto， un perfetto cliché e， nonostante non mi sia dispiaciuto per niente comunque， devo riconoscere che non ha nulla di particolare che lo faccia saltare fuori dalle pagine a parte la sua spiritosaggine， e poi il cambiamento a cui va incontro nel finale， nonostante la sua storia sia quella meglio costruita anche rispetto a quella di Clary， l’ho trovato poco credibile， per il fatto che si trasformi così visto il tipo che era fino a quel momento， nonostante l’aspetto affettivo che sicuramente avrebbe influito。Ho invece apprezzato tanto Alec e Isabelle， anche se in realtà nella storia restano un po’ marginali， ma ho letto da qualche parte che in seguito il ragazzo acquisirà più importanza。E poi Luke beh lui è davvero il top！！！！ Le continue rivelazioni su di lui e il modo in cui ricompare a un certo punto svelando la propria storia， il modo in cui si comporta con Clary e la madre e la sua ricerca della giustizia mi hanno portata a stare in tensione durante tutta la battaglia finale。È senza dubbi il personaggio meglio riuscito。Ma devo dire che anche Hodge nonostante tutto non mi è sembrato male。 Trovo che il fatto che sia maledetto ma si rassegni a fare del bene sarebbe stato troppo l’ennesimo cliché mentre invece le scoperte su di lui e sul suo ruolo gli danno colore e forma。Il cattivo qui è completamente cattivo， fino in fondo e senza alcuna possibilità di redenzione。 Certo la sua storia e la capacità di plagiare gli conferiscono qualche elemento di particolarità ma non riescono comunque a farlo uscire dal prevedibile。L’aspetto peggiore per me è stato in effetti il finale， prevedibilissimo， con una rivelazione che， nonostante la temessi， speravo non arrivasse e che fossi disattesa。 Invece no， e questo aspetto per me fa un po’ crollare il livello di godibilità della storia， spezzando quella tensione amorosa che si era creata fino a quel momento。Gli ultimi istanti sono scritti chiaramente con l’intento di convincere i lettori a proseguire la lettura della serie。 Beh Clare ti accontenterò al più presto！！！（Sì lo so che dico sempre così ed ho millemila serie aperte ma vi prego compatitemi！）😆 。。。more

Laura Siliņa ，

I think the author made Jace little too childish。 I know that he's about 16/17， but still。 I think the author made Jace little too childish。 I know that he's about 16/17， but still。 。。。more

Pamela Huxtable ，

This story took some surprising turns， while staying strictly predictable in other plot points。

Anthony ，

3。5-4 stars。 Honestly based on how some people talk about this series， I expected to not enjoy this book。 This was actually a fun read！ I mean， sure， clary and jace are annoying， but it’s still an interesting universe。

Noha ，

Yet another DNF。 This book might seriously be in the top 3 worst books I've ever read。 Trite， painfully predictable and horribly written （some of the sentences literally make no sense）。 I'm at a complete loss as to how it has a rating higher than 1。 Yet another DNF。 This book might seriously be in the top 3 worst books I've ever read。 Trite， painfully predictable and horribly written （some of the sentences literally make no sense）。 I'm at a complete loss as to how it has a rating higher than 1。 。。。more

Abbie ，

I would have adored this book when I was a teenager。 I would have been obsessed I can tell you that *right* now。As an adult。 It was fine。I loved the idea of a world inhabited by the offspring of angels and demons and that accounts for all myths and legends ever told。Has a big Supernatural post-season4 vibe。I found the characters a little wooden。 I thought that Clary accepted the new world order surprisingly easily。 The dialogue didn't often match the mood - it was necessary for CC to state when I would have adored this book when I was a teenager。 I would have been obsessed I can tell you that *right* now。As an adult。 It was fine。I loved the idea of a world inhabited by the offspring of angels and demons and that accounts for all myths and legends ever told。Has a big Supernatural post-season4 vibe。I found the characters a little wooden。 I thought that Clary accepted the new world order surprisingly easily。 The dialogue didn't often match the mood - it was necessary for CC to state when people were upset or sad。 Also Clary forgets her mother is in mortal danger for the *vast* majority of the book and it means you end up not caring loads about what happens to her。 Especially as you don't get a bunch of back story about why we like her in the first place。Simon is an ace character as is Jace and Alec。 Everyone else 🤷‍♀️ 。。。more

Ana Lúcia ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Boa construção do mundo。 Não me peguei muito aos personagens。 Gostei muito mais do que da série。As mudanças do Simon foram bastante boas， especialmente a parte que ele usa o arco。Raphael e Magnus continuam a ser os meus preferidos。 Já os personagens principais não gostei muito。

Erica Lin ，

didn’t really like any of the characters。 I watched the show previously so I didn’t really enjoy the book

Charleigh Frederick ，

More surprising then Star Wars

Lucía ，

3。75/⭐AL FIN， GENTE， AL FIN LO TERMINE， igual lo leí re lento， dos semanas para terminar un libro de 500 páginas， pero bueno， mínimo lo termine， estoy feliz。 Capaz que haya gente que me quiera asesinar por las 3。75 estrellas pero tiene una razón esta calificación。 La primera vez que lo intente leer fue al mes， más o menos， de haber visto las primeras temporadas de la serie， asi que cuando agarre el libro tenía muy vivo lo que pasaba en ella y me chocaba encontrar muchas diferencias， pero lo segu 3。75/⭐AL FIN， GENTE， AL FIN LO TERMINE， igual lo leí re lento， dos semanas para terminar un libro de 500 páginas， pero bueno， mínimo lo termine， estoy feliz。 Capaz que haya gente que me quiera asesinar por las 3。75 estrellas pero tiene una razón esta calificación。 La primera vez que lo intente leer fue al mes， más o menos， de haber visto las primeras temporadas de la serie， asi que cuando agarre el libro tenía muy vivo lo que pasaba en ella y me chocaba encontrar muchas diferencias， pero lo seguí leyendo porque #memolestadejarunlibroporlamitad。 Hasta que llego la parte de los vampiros。。。 Me caen mal los vampiros， y me cae mal Simón así que no quería leer el capitulo y ahí quedó。 Esa primera vez me generó un bloqueo lector y hasta casi 5 meses después no pude agarrar un libro （el bloqueo en parte fue por lo de la serie y en parte por lo de los vampiros， pero también se me estaba haciendo un poco denso y me costaba agarrar el libro y ponerme a leer）。 Así que ahora， un año después de haberlo intentado por primera vez， decidí agarrarlo， leerlo， y terminarlo。 Se me volvió a hacer un toque pesado pero mucho menos que la vez anterior， eso sí， me costaba leer más de 50 o 70 páginas por dia， pero leer solo eso hacia un progreso。 La historia me atrapó mucho más que la primera vez， se me hizo mucho más interesante y hubo un par de capítulos que me dejaban con ganas de leer el siguiente。 Me encanta esta fantasía y me encantan los personajes。 Conozco la fama de Cassandra Clare de hacer triángulos amorosos muy desesperantes y ya se puede ver el principio de este （cosa que me desespera， claramente） y también se puede ver muy el principio de mi pareja favorita de esta saga 😭🥰。No se que más podría agregar， pero básicamente me gustó， un poco denso， pero me gustó y no veo la hora de que empiecen a pasar cosas que para mi son desconocidas （aunque para leer el segundo libro me voy a dar un respiro porque uff es un poco mucho la información que te da este solo）。 。。。more

endeavoursofvic ，

City of Bones: 4 Stars[6。43 - really great。]This was such a nice reread。 I definitely enjoyed it more this time around because I adored the characters from the getgo （when I first read the series it took me 2-3 books to truly fall in love with them）。 A very solid start to a series that I think get's even better with time。 I can't wait until we get all the different POVs - rather than mostly Clary。Alec is still the obvious fave。 Simon is second and Clary is third？ I believe。 I am also predicting City of Bones: 4 Stars[6。43 - really great。]This was such a nice reread。 I definitely enjoyed it more this time around because I adored the characters from the getgo （when I first read the series it took me 2-3 books to truly fall in love with them）。 A very solid start to a series that I think get's even better with time。 I can't wait until we get all the different POVs - rather than mostly Clary。Alec is still the obvious fave。 Simon is second and Clary is third？ I believe。 I am also predicting that （because of knowledge from City of heavenly fire and the elder curses） Magnus and me will get along MUCH better than we did when I first read the series。It will be interesting to compare my character rankings to the ones I did 8 years ago^^Very excited to continue this reread and then finally continue on with the books I haven't read yet。 。。。more

Natalia ，

already start another

Jo ，

3，5/5 🌟

daniela 🌱 ，

DNF'ed at p。 92I really tried getting into it but I don't feel attached to any of the characters or the story。 I also felt myself slipping into a slump reading this， and I do not want to force myself to keep reading if that would continue to be the case。 DNF'ed at p。 92I really tried getting into it but I don't feel attached to any of the characters or the story。 I also felt myself slipping into a slump reading this， and I do not want to force myself to keep reading if that would continue to be the case。 。。。more

Claudia S ，

I literally have no idea how to describe the ending， I was laughing， crying， cringing and wanting to throw up the entire time。 It is a very interesting book and I was never really bored when reading it。 The writing is a little cringe sometimes but the plot is really good。 I definitely recommend it but it’s also a little hard to follow sometimes。 If you like books that have a huge plot twist at the end you definitely will not be disappointed with this one😳。

Jenna ，

Where do I even begin？ I usually don’t like reading super popular books， not because of any kind of superiority complex I have toward reading well-known books， but because I never really feel like books live up to the hype。 Unfortunately， that was the case with this book。 The writing was just awful。 It seemed like Clare tried to shove every single YA cliche into a book: love triangle with childhood best friend （come on now。 We all know the childhood best friend never wins）， the “bad boy” love in Where do I even begin？ I usually don’t like reading super popular books， not because of any kind of superiority complex I have toward reading well-known books， but because I never really feel like books live up to the hype。 Unfortunately， that was the case with this book。 The writing was just awful。 It seemed like Clare tried to shove every single YA cliche into a book: love triangle with childhood best friend （come on now。 We all know the childhood best friend never wins）， the “bad boy” love interest who you feel like you shouldn’t like， but can’t seem to see through his charm and his “not like other guys” persona， a main character who is special even though she doesn’t know it， a main character who is averagely pretty and mundane （LOL）， yet still seems to have multiple guys gawking over her。 Also， don’t even get me started with Clary。 She has absolutely no growth and stays annoying and bratty throughout the entire novel。 She just does her own thing and refuses to listen to people who clearly know better than her。 As for Cassandra Clare’s writing， I’ll give her grace as it’s her first book， but THE SIMILES！！ The overly-descriptive writing！！ And not only does she use a lot of similes， some of them are questionable: “the walls shown bright as enamel” Her writing seems so forced。 The conversations between the characters don’t seem natural。 I felt like I was reading something off wattpad。 I wanted so badly to like this book。 The premise was interesting， but there were a lot of plot holes。 What was Simon’s purpose for being there？ Why were Simon and Clary so accepting of the world？ Why was Jace so quick to like Clary？ Also， Clare tried way to hard to paint Hodge as a Dumbledoresque character and she failed miserably。 Hodge was cheesy at best。 。。。more

Aurora ，

a solidly readable soap opera

Regina Castillo ，

4/5 ⭐Very slow at the begging， perhaps kinda boring too。 ¿But the last 10 chapters？ Completly into the story。SWEET HOME ALABAMA 🧍‍♀️

rafa。 ，

3。5 ⭐

Bailey ，

this book was fun to read and get lost in the fantasy world。 but I wish I started in a time I wasn't so busy with school because it was hard to keep up with all the details :/ this book was fun to read and get lost in the fantasy world。 but I wish I started in a time I wasn't so busy with school because it was hard to keep up with all the details :/ 。。。more

Manoela ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 2。5 - pq achei o final mais interessante。 gosto desse universo da cassandra de vdd mas os protagonistas me irritaram o livro todo， o simon meu deus a cada página eu queria q ele sumisse， como acreditar no AMOR de clary e jace se eles se conheciam ha uma semana？ p mim foi um crush no máximo e eles ainda vão se apaixonar mesmo achando que são irmãos pq sim a essa altura impossível alguém ler esses livros não sabendo esse spoiler achei algumas coisas meio confusas sobre a guerra e espero que expliq 2。5 - pq achei o final mais interessante。 gosto desse universo da cassandra de vdd mas os protagonistas me irritaram o livro todo， o simon meu deus a cada página eu queria q ele sumisse， como acreditar no AMOR de clary e jace se eles se conheciam ha uma semana？ p mim foi um crush no máximo e eles ainda vão se apaixonar mesmo achando que são irmãos pq sim a essa altura impossível alguém ler esses livros não sabendo esse spoiler achei algumas coisas meio confusas sobre a guerra e espero que explique depois， tb achei o valentim super caricato como vilao mas adoro a ideia que o vilao da história é um caçador de sombras！！！！ vou continuar pq quero ler esse universo todo mas espero MESMO que o dois seja melhor do que esse livro chato e desinteressante mais de 60% da história é isto NEM ACREDITO QUE ACABEI 。。。more

Devanshi ，

3。5

Camila ，

Dios que buen libro， pasan muchas cosas que te vuelan la cabeza， ya quiero empezar a leer ciudad de ceniza。 10/10🙌🏻

Talita ，

vai ser chata assim lá na pqp clary

jades_shelves ，

actual rating: 4。35⭐️

Angelina ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Liked this a lot in like 6th grade but the incest plotline is really a turnoff。 Only really like Simon and Izzy and Alec and Magnus。 TBH prefer Infernal Devices over it。

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