City of Bones is the first book in an urban fantasy trilogy by the much-talked-of Cassandra Clare. Much has been said about her elsewhere on LJ, in vastly different circles from my own humble and relatively-un-judgmental abode, mostly relating to plagiarism issues popping up in the Draco Trilogy. I bought it because, well, issues aside, she writes beautifully and her short stories and the Very Secret Diaries are hilarious. And I promised I'd send Rachel a signed copy, so there you go. Also it was 20% off.
I've seen both positive and negative reviews of the book. One of the main criticisms was that it is "derivative", and it certainly is. But I think it is not so much unoriginal as, judging from the number of semi-in-jokes, that those elements are intended to be "shout-outs" to inspiring and beloved works, etc. Unfortunately somebody thought that it was a good idea to let the entire book be shout-outs. So far, anyway. I haven't finished it yet.
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Date: 2007-04-30 02:30 pm (UTC)I've seen both positive and negative reviews of the book. One of the main criticisms was that it is "derivative", and it certainly is. But I think it is not so much unoriginal as, judging from the number of semi-in-jokes, that those elements are intended to be "shout-outs" to inspiring and beloved works, etc. Unfortunately somebody thought that it was a good idea to let the entire book be shout-outs. So far, anyway. I haven't finished it yet.