Talk to me about City of Bones (NS please)

SusieBW · January 2016

Is it really as amazing as I've heard? It's fantasy, right? or PNR? That stuff is normally not really my style, but I have enjoyed a lot of the ones you all have recommended.

I had a hold on the ebook for ages, and now it's been on my kindle for over a week already and I haven't gotten to it yet. Do I need to drop everything and read it before the loan expires? Do I need to put holds on the sequels right now, too?

I also have Landline and Station Eleven on my kindle from the library, so I think I'm going to be switching to airplane mode to hoard all the books for as long as it takes me to get to them.

SnShne322 · January 2016

That series has a lot of mixed opinions. I think it started really strong, but I never ended up finishing it. There's a lot twist that a ton of people have issues with. IIRC a lot of people have issues with the author, too.

If it were me, I'd read Landline.

kelliebeans · January 2016

I ended up reading this series and liking it enough but there were definitely some story lines that were just unnecessarily drawn out too long. I think there's six books in the series, too, which was a lot but I wanted to see it through.

I thought the Clockwork series was better and there's some character crossover between the two series.

I haven't read your other two but if you give City of Bones a try, I would at least put a hold on the second one. It'll definitely increase in popularity once the shadowhunter show starts next week on ABC Family.

dmlk413 · January 2016

I don't know if I would rush to read it. It's okay but not amazing and the series went on for way too long.

abs05 · January 2016

I liked the series but it's not a drop everything and read it now type thing.

I'd prioritize Landline over it for sure!!

j*&p* · January 2016

Meh. I liked it okay, but I remember something happening at the end that made me not want to continue with the rest of the series.

sfgiantsjo · January 2016

I never read the second book, because of the plot twist at the end of the first. I've heard that it gets better, but I still haven't continued. I liked the first book up until that moment.

sassypants527 · January 2016

kelliebeans said:

I ended up reading this series and liking it enough but there were definitely some story lines that were just unnecessarily drawn out too long. I think there's six books in the series, too, which was a lot but I wanted to see it through.

I thought the Clockwork series was better and there's some character crossover between the two series.

I haven't read your other two but if you give City of Bones a try, I would at least put a hold on the second one. It'll definitely increase in popularity once the shadowhunter show starts next week on ABC Family.

This. I read both series, though, and more or less liked them. The movie was horrible, unfortunately, so I hope the show is better.

Hoycie · January 2016

I loved books 1-3. IMO, book 3 should have been the last one. I have 5 and 6 to go.

I agree re the movie. It really stunk

Lauren620 · January 2016

Hoycie said:

I loved books 1-3. IMO, book 3 should have been the last one. I have 5 and 6 to go. I agree re the movie. It really stunk

I liked the first 3 too, then not so much after that. I read book 4 and the first 2 in the Infernal Devices Series and decided to stop. I've heard that the last books were really good, I was just so over it by that point.

GilliC · January 2016

sfgiantsjo said:

I never read the second book, because of the plot twist at the end of the first. I've heard that it gets better, but I still haven't continued. I liked the first book up until that moment.

This.

I was so underwhelmed by it, that I had to go back to Goodreads to make sure I was thinking of the right book. And here's what I wrote: "At first I thought it was entertaining for a quick, light read, but then the ending happened. Or rather, didn't happen. I'm not a fan of completely open endings, and the only bits of the plot that were resolved at all were added almost as afterthoughts."

SusieBW · January 2016

Wow. Thanks for all the reviews!

I think I'm going to hold off on it for now. I have too many other things I want to read.

CTDec03Bride · January 2016

sassypants527 said:

kelliebeans said:

I ended up reading this series and liking it enough but there were definitely some story lines that were just unnecessarily drawn out too long. I think there's six books in the series, too, which was a lot but I wanted to see it through.

I thought the Clockwork series was better and there's some character crossover between the two series.

I haven't read your other two but if you give City of Bones a try, I would at least put a hold on the second one. It'll definitely increase in popularity once the shadowhunter show starts next week on ABC Family.

This. I read both series, though, and more or less liked them. The movie was horrible, unfortunately, so I hope the show is better.

Ditto

CeeCeeSugaPie · January 2016

I read the first 5, but probably should have stopped after book 3. The ending for book 3 seems like a more logical ending for the whole series to me.

RiverPlate · January 2016

I feel like it was supposed to be a trilogy (wait, my first 3 books SAY trilogy, so.) but she was just making money and kept it going. The first 3 books are engaging with a good storyline, I even re-read them before the 4th one came out so I was back up to speed.

The movie was great because I Netflixed it one night when hubs gone and I had a couple bottles of wine for company, and I'd been warned so I had super low expectations. If I squinted realllllllly hard the acting was fantastic.

Anyway, there's a TV show now? Or might be? On the channel that used to be ABC Family?

SRodi811 · January 2016

RiverPlate said:

I feel like it was supposed to be a trilogy (wait, my first 3 books SAY trilogy, so.) but she was just making money and kept it going. The first 3 books are engaging with a good storyline, I even re-read them before the 4th one came out so I was back up to speed.

The movie was great because I Netflixed it one night when hubs gone and I had a couple bottles of wine for company, and I'd been warned so I had super low expectations. If I squinted realllllllly hard the acting was fantastic.
Anyway, there's a TV show now? Or might be? On the channel that used to be ABC Family?

I just found out about this! I too loved these books (or the first few anyway), and was so disappointed with the movie that I just never even read the last one that came out. Yesterday, I was looking through an Entertainment Weekly magazine from last month and saw an ad for it. At first I wasn't sure if it was the same series, but after doing some research, it is! I set it to DVR (it starts tonight on ABC Family, which is now known as Freeform... umm, why?), and I'm secretly super excited about it.

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