Recenzie "City of lost souls" de Cassandra Clare

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  De cand cu "City of bones" am fost curioasa in legatura cu povestea nemuritoare a Clarissei Fray alaturi de Jace si m-am apucat de volumul cinci. Mi-a placut. A fost o carte buna. Antrenanta. Cu toate astea, a avut cateva lucruri care nu mi-au prea placut.


  Clary are o viata grea... grea rau. Iubitul ei, Jace, este posedat. Bine, asta a fost exprimat intr-un mod aiurea. Il mai tineti minte pe Sebastian, fratele lui Clary, fiul lui Valentine,ala malefic ?Da, el are o legatura dubioasa cu Jace - facuta de Lilith. Acum, Jace este subordonatul lui Sebastian si face absolut tot ce vrea el, neavand o constiinta proprie.

    Clary este nevoita sa stea si sa astepte dupa imbecilitatea aia de Conclav sa faca ceva, sa il gaseasca pe Jace al ei, cand descopera ca aia nu il mai cauta pe Jace, ci doar pe Sebastian. Daca e sa discut actiunea, mie mi s-a parut antrenanta, unica si interesanta. Mi-a placut actiunea in mod deosebit. Cu toate astea, a avut anumite parti in care m-a plictisit de moarte, si de aceea ii voi acorda nota de 4 din 5. De ce?

   In primul rand ce cauta Maia si Jordan in cartea asta ? As fi inteles sa apara episodic, insa sa narezi ce se petrece intre ei suficient de des incat sa-mi vina sa arunc romanul pe geam nu mi se pare in regula. Sa zicem ca relatia lor este draguta, insa nu mi-a placut absolut deloc ca batea capul ba cu Maia si Jordan, ba cu Alec si Magnus. Eu vreau doar Clary si Jace. Atat. Bine, poate si Isabelle si Simon, pentru ca ei sunt chiar draguti impreuna si sunt un cuplu romantic si deosebit. Restul - pas.

    Jace si Sebastian vin dupa Clary, moment in care fata realizeaza ca este in pericol si ca ei au nevoie de ea ... oare de ce ? Personajul puternic din roman a fost Clary. Jace, mereu subjugat de Sebastian, este mai sters. Cu toate astea, nu m-au "atins la inima" cu adevarat momentele romantice. Poate ca a fost mult prea PRE-actiune. Toate pregatirile, toate discutiile si intamplarile cu celelalte personaje nu m-au captivat ca altadata, ci m-a enervat.
Nu pot sa spun ca "City of lost souls" a fost o carte asa buna ca altadata. Ma refer la expresivitate. La dorinta de a se face auzit si de a transmite ceva, un fior pana in miezul oaselor. Vreau ceva expresiv care sa ma emotioneze si captiveze total pentru ca sa ii dau nota maxima.
   Romanul a fost,totusi, in regula.

    Mi-a placut capabilitatea personajelor, credinta de a trece mai departe, de a nu renunta. Clary face rost de doua inele cu care poate comunica mintal cu Simon si pleaca alaturi de Sebastian si Jace. Calatoresc, sunt momente romantice si dragute. Pe cealalta parte, Isabelle si Simon, Alec, Magnus vor sa faca rost de o sabie pentru a-i separa pe Jace si Sebastian.

    Problema era ca nu il puteau ucide pe Sebastian. "Taie-l pe unul si celalt sangereaza, omoara-l pe unul si au murit amandoi".
Cassandra Clare a facut o treaba buna, totusi. Mi-a placut cartea, insa nu a fost exceptionala. O recomand fanilor seriei, cei mai pasionati de actiune si de o scriere complexa. Daca va plac autorii care scriu mult si complex, Cassandra Clare este perfecta. Eu sunt mai mult genul Richelle Mead si Rachel Caine si Tahereh Mafi si Sara Shepard: scurt, emotionant, la obiect, expresiv, antrenant.

   Asadar, abia astept volumul sase. Sunt curioasa cum va evolua totul.

    Nota: 4  /  5

Citate "Orasul sufletelor pierdute" de Cassandra Clare

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De cand cu filmul "Orasul oaselor" am fost curioasa cum contiua povestea si m-am apucat de volumul care urma, adica "City of lost souls", volumul 5. V-am lasat cateva citate si in curand(poimaine cred) voi posta recenzia. Mai am pana o termin. 


“I don't care," Clary said. "He'd do it for me. Tell me he wouldn't. If I were missing-"
"He'd burn the whole world down till he could dig you out of the ashes. I know," Alec said.” 

“Basia coquum," Simon said. "Or whatever their motto is."
"It's 'Descensus Averno facilis est.' 'The descent into hell is easy," said Alec. "You just said "Kiss the cook."
"Dammit," said Simon. "I knew Jace was screwing with me.”  

“Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'Hot Stuff” 

“I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire."
His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. "Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples.”  

“I never cared,” he said. “I wanted you anyway. I always wanted you.” 

“He grinned. It was a wicked grin, the kind that made the blood in Clary's veins run a little faster. "You want to go on a date?"
Caught off guard, she stammered. "A wh-what?"
"A date," Jace repeated. "Often 'a boring thing you have to memorize in history class,' but in this case, 'an offering of an evening of blisteringly white-hot romance with yours truly."
"Really?" Clary was not sure what to make of this. "Blisteringly white-hot?"
"It's me," said Jace. "Watching me play Scrabble is enough to make most women swoon. Imagine if I actually put in some effort.”  

“Do you re-
member,” he said, “when we first met and I told you I was ninety percent sure putting a rune on you wouldn’t kill you—and you slapped me in the face and told me it was for the other ten percent?” Clary nodded.
“I always figured a demon would kill me,” he said. “A rogue Downworlder. A battle. But I realized then that I just might die if I didn’t get to kiss you, and soon.” Clary licked her dry lips. “Well, you did,” she said. “Kiss me, I mean.”
He reached up and took a curl of her hair between his fingers. He was close enough that she could feel the warmth of his body, smell his soap and skin and hair.
“Not enough,” he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. “If I kiss you all day every day for the rest of my life, it won’t be enough.” 

“What have you done to my cat?" Magnus demanded... "You drank his blood, didn't you? You said you weren't hungry!"
Simon was indignant. "I did not drink his blood. He's fine!" He poked the Chairman in the stomach. The cat yawned. "Second, you asked me if I was hungry when you were ordering pizza, so I said no, because I can't eat pizza. I was being polite."
"That doesn't get you the right to eat my cat."
"Your cat is fine!" Simon reached to pick up the tabby, who jumped indignantly to his feet and stalked off the table. "See?"
"Whatever.”  

“How was the Seelie Queen?"

"Same as usual."
"Raging bitch, then?"
"Pretty much.”

“Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.”
“Blood isn’t love,” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter.”  

“I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?"
"You can kill yourself," Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. "As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't."
"There goes my Saturday.” 


“Isabelle snorted. 'All the boys are gay. In this truck, anyway. Well, not you, Simon.'
'You noticed' said Simon.

'I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,' added Magnus.

'Please never say those words in front of my parents,' said Alec. 'Especially my father.'

'I thought your parents were okay with you, you know, coming out,' Simon said, leaning around Isabelle to look at Alec, who was — as he often was — scowling, and pushing his floppy dark hair out of his eyes. Aside from the occasional exchange, Simon had never talked to Alec much. He wasn’t an easy person to get to know. But, Simon admitted to himself, his own recent estrangement from his mother made him more curious about Alec’s answer than he would have been otherwise.

'My mother seems to have accepted it,' Alec said. 'But my father — no, not really. Once he asked me what I thought had turned me gay.'

Simon felt Isabelle tense next to him. 'Turned you gay?' She sounded incredulous. 'Alec, you didn’t tell me that.'

'I hope you told him you were bitten by a gay spider,' said Simon.

Magnus snorted; Isabelle looked confused. 'I’ve read Magnus’s stash of comics,' said Alec, 'so I actually know what you’re talking about' A small smile played around his mouth. 'So would that give me the proportional gayness of a spider?'

'Only if it was a really gay spider,' said Magnus, and he yelled as Alec punched him in the arm. 'Ow, okay, never mind.”  


"He is a Shadowhunter,” said Jocelyn. “His loyalty will be to Clave and Covenant.”
“He’s my friend,” said Magnus coldly. “His loyalty is to me.” 

"And I don’t see how Sebastian can be all that fond of Jace, either. He was horribly jealous of him all his life. He thought Jace was Valentine’s favorite,” added Clary.
“Not to mention,” Magnus noted, “that Jace killed him. That would put anyone off.” 

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