Friday, August 16, 2013

Mortal Instruments: The City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

I'm not sure whether or not I like this book or hate it. To me, it's an original story with unoriginal ideas that were altered. In my personal opinion, I felt like I was reading a rip off of the Harry Potter series. Why you may ask? Well, for starters, the Mortal Instruments. These instruments are three objects that are powerful and I clearly remember that there were three objects from the Deathly Hollows that were also considered powerful. Then the invisibility which seems a bit too unrealistic and too much like the invisibility cloak. Three strange kids, one girl, two boys, invisible. Sound familiar? Then the antagonist is named Valentine (for me, too similar to Voldemort). Then you have your Institute (Hogwarts) and a country hidden from people with the use of glamour (a.k.a. Mist from Percy Jackson and also the fact that people couldn't see Hogwarts or Hogsmede). There is also the name calling of humans. In this book it&#039 ;s mundanes, in HP it's muggles. You also have your demons where you have to fight off and kill (Supernatural) and the vampires vs. werewolf wars (Twilight). Not only that, but a bird (like Fawkes except Hugin is a bad bird) that has ties with Hodge who is basically the Dumbledore of the Institute, except Hodge is a jerk. Then there is Luke who is sort of like Snape because of how Snape betrayed Voldy, similar to the way Luke betrayed Valentine. You also have your Circle which is equivalent to your average Death Eater. I may be forgetting some other stuff, but I can't remember much more.

Like I said previously, I sort of like this book despite all the rip offs. The idea of combining worlds together is sort of ingenious, but I wish Clare wrote it in a more original way. For starters, she could have picked a better name for the main character, Clary. It may just be me, but Clary sounds a lot like Harry. Not only that but the characters were total rip offs (yay, I remembered!). Clary is a red head, who doesn't follow directions, and is short tempered. Who may that be? Ginny Weasly. Then Jace who looks like Draco and acts like him in a more loving way. Then you have Alec who has black hair who might be Harry, but I'm not sure on that one. But if she did change them in a way where they were totally unrecognizable as Harry Potter characters and a lot more like fresh beings, I would totally love the book. But for now, I am not liking it.

However, I do plan on reading the rest of the series because I want to know what happens to them and if the books do get a lot more original.

-Mary

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