The City of Lost Souls was another disappointing book in the Mortal Instruments series. Like book four, the problem is introduced too early and resolved too late in the book. There is a good 300 pages where all the characters do is bounce ideas off one other and then argue whether or not they will work. The entire middle part of the book is a complete waste of time. I, as the reader, felt like the author was just trying to write another book but didn’t have an idea as to when the story was going to end. The characters seem to become static because there is nothing for them to do. There soul propose in this plot is to find a way to save Jace. And all they do to save him is argue about how to do it. Not only this, but Cassandra Clare writes in a style that is very agitating. One minute we are reading about Simon and Isabelle, the next page we skip to what Clary and Jace are doing. Because there are two different settings within the book at once, it becomes very annoying as the writer jumps from one idea to the next. I felt myself flipping through pages just to finish the rest of what was happening from the last group of characters I was reading about and then skipping back to where I had left off. I honestly hope that Cassandra Clare makes up her mind and concludes these novels with a tale as exciting as the first three books. Questions such as “Is Jace good or evil?” and “Will Sebastian ever be defeated?” have not been answered for the past two books. After Valentine’s death there really was no reason to continue the story. At the end of book three it could be inferred that Clary and Jace ended up together, Jocelyn and Luke were getting married, and that all the other characters were well and happy. Now Clare is drawing out the story and in that process she is upsetting readers. Hopefully book six has a better plot than book five and conclude this never ending, world wind story. Therefore I give this book 2.5 out of 5 stars.
What would you do if the person you loved most was taken hostage by the person who was your greatest enemy? And what if your greatest enemy was your only brother? This is Clary’s problem at the beginning of book five in the Mortal Instruments series. The demon Lilith may have been destroyed but when the Clave arrives with help both Sebastian and Jace are gone. Sebastian is now on a mission to destroy the Clave by using Jace as a weapon. And when Clary discovers that Jace and Sebastian are bound, there is no way to kill Sebastian without killing Jace as well. With this dilemma few people—Alec, Isabelle, Clary, Magnus, and Simon—still believe that Jace can be saved. But these friends will have to work together without the assistance of Clary, as she has taken on a mission that could not only result in her death but also the loss of Jace’s soul. Can this team of friends find a weapon that can harm one boy but not the other in time? Or will Sebastian bring the Clave, and Jace, down with him? The City of Lost Souls was another disappointing book in the Mortal Instruments series. Like book four, the problem is introduced too early and resolved too late in the book. There is a good 300 pages where all the characters do is bounce ideas off one other and then argue whether or not they will work. The entire middle part of the book is a complete waste of time. I, as the reader, felt like the author was just trying to write another book but didn’t have an idea as to when the story was going to end. The characters seem to become static because there is nothing for them to do. There soul propose in this plot is to find a way to save Jace. And all they do to save him is argue about how to do it. Not only this, but Cassandra Clare writes in a style that is very agitating. One minute we are reading about Simon and Isabelle, the next page we skip to what Clary and Jace are doing. Because there are two different settings within the book at once, it becomes very annoying as the writer jumps from one idea to the next. I felt myself flipping through pages just to finish the rest of what was happening from the last group of characters I was reading about and then skipping back to where I had left off. I honestly hope that Cassandra Clare makes up her mind and concludes these novels with a tale as exciting as the first three books. Questions such as “Is Jace good or evil?” and “Will Sebastian ever be defeated?” have not been answered for the past two books. After Valentine’s death there really was no reason to continue the story. At the end of book three it could be inferred that Clary and Jace ended up together, Jocelyn and Luke were getting married, and that all the other characters were well and happy. Now Clare is drawing out the story and in that process she is upsetting readers. Hopefully book six has a better plot than book five and conclude this never ending, world wind story. Therefore I give this book 2.5 out of 5 stars. NOTE: Reminder that this is my opinion. If you thought that this book was better than I did you are entitled that opinion as I am to mine.
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