Thursday, October 16, 2014
The Mortal Instruments: City Of Lost Souls
First off, just to say, wow. Cassandra Clare, the author, has not let me down yet. Whenever I am reading the novel, it is like a movie screening through my thoughts as I imagine everything happening. I can easily imagine two of the main characters, Jace Waceland and Clary Fray/Morgenstern. Since the first novel of the series, City of Bones, Clare has explicitly described them both for every emotion they had and their physical responses for that emotion. Most specifically Jace. The way Clare fleshed him out was like an angel worthy shadowhunter. Perfect and fearless at fighting demons, wolves, vampires, and any other downworlder. Along with that, his physical appearances were that of an angel to one's eyes, how every girl in the book would just drool over him, the way Clary did, and also the way he was so confident in himself he practically was the most self conceded person who used it to flatter everything he spoke to. Besides the fact that he is the one who killed Sebastien Morgenstern (yes, Clary's brother), although a witch did revive Sebastien and ended up binding himself with Jace (if one cuts, the other cuts, kill one, you kill the other). With being so descriptive, Clare still managed to keep the story ongoing and paced rather fast. In this novel, City of Lost Souls, there are several flashbacks as Clary is trying to save Jace. But it doesn't interrupt the story, it actually helps because it makes you feel like you're that person in that immediate moment.
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ReplyDeleteI love the way you describe how Clare makes you feel as a reader; as if you're watching e movie. I especially thought your physical and internal description of Jace as a person was great; now I can even see him in my head. What is the relationship between Clary and Jace, exactly? How do Clary and Jace contract each other, and how are they similar? Do you enjoy the fast pace, or do you wish it would slow down? I know that when I read a fast-paced book, I find it hard to put it down. It sounds like the genre of your book is fantasy; is this the kind of genre you enjoy most? Though I am not too familiar with the genre, I definitely feel as if I should read this one with the vividness with which you have described it.
ReplyDeleteThe way in which Jace is depicted (personality-wise) reminds me of the author of my book, “What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire”, Charles Bukowski. The whole conceited undertone of Jace is similar to that of Bukowski (since this book is an autobiographical collection of poetry), and it also matches the way in which you say girls fawn over Jace in your book because the same seems to often happen for Bukowski. What are some examples of how Jace is shown to be conceited? How does Clare create that character? Also, how does Clary compare? Is she any different than the other girls? I loved your analysis of this book overall, and it sounds like something I’ll definitely have to read soon.
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ReplyDeleteWhat is Clare background story and what role does she play in these books? Are Jace and Clare enemies or are the friends? Have they met before and if they have when. Also, when i picture Jace Waceland i am seeing him as the typical bad boy image. Where every girl wants him. Its kindof like Parker in Saving Zoe. Where all the girls want him but except his attention is to Echo. Like in my life there was one guy named Ryan that every girl wanted to date in my old high school. And they would try so hard to get his attention in anyway possible no matter how they did it. And how he was really confident in himself. And how he would act and everyone wanted to be around him. And he was a bit quiet at time so that made him mysterious. This story sounds completely interesting. This post makes me want to read these books.
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