Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | City of Ashes |
| author | Cassandra Clare |
| ISBN-10 | 1-416-97224-2 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-416-97224-2 |
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| date | 2011-Feb-04 |
This book carries on right where the first one in the Mortal Instruments trilogy, City of Bones, left off. And I don't think it would be good to read this again fantastic book without having read the previous one; there is no explanation any more of the main characters or their circumstances, like why Simon gets so sick seeing an episode from a Dracula film on TV or the role of Valentine.
The Mortal Cup is not enough for Valentine. He wants more and he surely does not hesitate to use dark forces to get what he wants. Jace is imprisoned by the Inquisitor of the Clave for his alleged conspiracy with Valentine. But Jace as well as Clary find they have some special powers beyond what they thought possible. The shadowhunters are up against more evil than ever, more vicious daemons than what they usually fight and not everybody survives...
Just like the first book, this is an absolutely absorbing page-turner, even though towards the end I could have done with less fighting and bloodshedding.
