City of Bones (review)
2007; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 60; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bcc.2007.0388
ISSN1558-6766
Autores Tópico(s)Themes in Literature Analysis
ResumoReviewed by: City of Bones April Spisak Clare, Cassandra City of Bones. McElderry, 2007485p ISBN 1-4169-1428-5$17.99 R Gr. 9-12 A typical evening at a New York club takes an irrevocable turn for the weird and dangerous when fifteen-year-old Clary witnesses a murder committed by three teens who are invisible to everyone else. Less than a day later, Clary's mother disappears, and Clary is herself brutally attacked in their apartment. On top of that, there is the handsome but obnoxious Jace to deal with, one of the Shadowhunter (demon-killing) teens that Clary saw in the club. Clary slowly learns that her ordinary life was a cover and that her mother has been having Clary's memories expunged so that she doesn't remember her power-hungry father, who became evil, or even the small signs of magic that she sees everyday. A budding romance between Jace and Clary doesn't get far, thankfully, before the two discover that they are actually brother and sister (Clary's mother was certain Jace was dead when she made her escape from all things magical years ago). As this is the first installment in the Mortal Instruments series, there are many unresolved threads, but the author is careful to provide enough closure to make this a satisfying, albeit open-ended, standalone novel. Readers looking to the future will note that Clary successfully harnesses her rediscovered supernatural powers and forms several new, intense friendships that she will desperately need as she tries to save her still-comatose mother, discover her own complex and often dark familial roots, and determine her destiny, both in the magical world and in her own everyday life. Indeed, with the strong plot, brilliant heroine, and surrounding cast of intriguing and well-developed side characters (including the sexy and tortured Jace), fantasy buffs will be eagerly anticipating the next volume. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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