I have a love hate relationship with this series. I just finished City of Lost Souls (book 5) so clearly I
like it enough to pick up each new book at some point after it comes out but I
really, really hate the characters. For
this last book I wound up rooting for the villain all the way through and was
disappointed when the in-danger principal characters survived the story (sorry
to give it away). The characters are
just too self-centered for my taste (& they keep getting rewarded for their
self-centered decisions in a way that just does not happen in reality). In reading this last book I wound up
skimming or skipping past any of the character reflection parts & some of
the character relation parts (particularly scenes involving the love relation
between Clary & Jace --- I mean yuck) in favor of the action scenes that
moved the plot forward.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014
The Mortal Instruments (series)
I have a love hate relationship with this series. I just finished City of Lost Souls (book 5) so clearly I
like it enough to pick up each new book at some point after it comes out but I
really, really hate the characters. For
this last book I wound up rooting for the villain all the way through and was
disappointed when the in-danger principal characters survived the story (sorry
to give it away). The characters are
just too self-centered for my taste (& they keep getting rewarded for their
self-centered decisions in a way that just does not happen in reality). In reading this last book I wound up
skimming or skipping past any of the character reflection parts & some of
the character relation parts (particularly scenes involving the love relation
between Clary & Jace --- I mean yuck) in favor of the action scenes that
moved the plot forward.