There
is a slight possibility that you have already heard about my new challenge - I
think that I have mentioned it somewhere here or there on Facebook or Twitter
but I am not entirely sure about it 'cause these days I write a lot of reviews
and posts in advance and publish them later on so it might be that this detail
has not been mentioned yet. But nevermind. The thing is that I have decided to
expand my vocabulary and do something more with English than at work where I am
using IT terms and vocabulary, not to forget what I have learned at school and
university. So in order to do this, I thought about reading books in English,
in the original version. As far as I have my ebook reader, it is far more
easier to accomplish. But not to make it that easy, I came up with an idea to
tell you about those books in reviews that will be written in English too. So
all in all, once in a while I am going to publish a review of a book read in
the original version that will be written not in Polish but in English. Hope
that you are going to like this idea and you will look forward to those
reviews.
I
guess that those first posts will be a little bit awkward because I have not
written in English so much text in a while but as far as I exercise a little
bit at work - IT Service Desk for Airports in England - I hope that it is not
going to be that bad. Still, I apologize for all the mistakes and stuff that
might occur here - if you happen to find any, please let me know! Feedback much
appreciated.
Today
I am going to tell you something about a book that I read a few years ago after
it was published in 2009. It is the second installment in The Mortal Instruments series written by Cassandra Clare. I have
read the translation first but as far as the memory fades away I decided to
refresh this story once again to myself. Last year I read City
of Bones due to the fact that I watched the adaptation of it, so since
then I have decided to read whole series once again with all of the books that
I have not read yet. Perhaps you know the story plot more or less, especially
after the movie from last year but to sum it up, there was an ordinary girl
called Clary that turned out to be not that ordinary as it was at first sight.
Clary is capable of seeing THINGS and by things I mean demons, werewolves,
vampires and most importantly.. shadowhunters. In City of Bones it came out that she is a shadowhunter herself, she
has a brother that she fell in love with (Jace) and it is not a sisterly feeling
unfortunately. More like girlfriend and boyfriend stuff. A little bit awkward,
don't you think? When the guy you are attracted to fails to be a potential
lover because he is your brother? Not pleasant.
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Right
now, in the City of Ashes once again
we need to face with the psycho-type Valentine who claims to be Clary's and
Jace's father, who wants to ruin Clave by summoning demons and draining blood
from innocent teen vamps and werewolves. Apart from obvious issues with their
insane father, Clary and Jace have huge issues with their feelings to each
other. In addition to this messed up situation, there is Simon, Clary's BFF,
that, surprise surprise, is in love with her even more than Jace as it seems.
So we have a perfect love triangle that obviously does not end up well to the
good guy (Simon, of course).
In
this book we have a lot of blood, lots of spectacular fighting scenes with
magic stuff so we cannot complain about the lack of action. Valentine gives us
quite a dose of a thrill and goose bumps
when he tries to fight with Clave no matter what will stand on his way.
Valentine is completely mad and it seems that nobody can stop him, even his
children so I am really looking forward for the next book which is City of Glass. When it goes to
protagonists, the well-worn love triangle makes me a bit bored, even though
there is a new point, which is the fact that Clary and Jace are siblings, still
it is a bit gross to be honest. Incest is not my cup of tea. Thankfully, I have
heard some rumours that this idea is not entirely true and there might be a lie
involved so I hope that it will end up differently. But still I counted on
Simon and deep inside I believed in his success, even though we all know that
good guys, those charming, caring and cute (CCC!) boys never win the love of
the heroine. NEVER, unfortunately. Ok, Jace has a zing and we all adore his
arrogant asshole nature but still his romance with Clary sickens me a bit and I
hope that it will end up soon.
To
sum it up, I can say that all in all I like this series. It was the first kind
of books that I have read which were paranormal romance type and I must admit
that it was a good one. There is a lot of action going on, there is a romance
plot, a bit weird but still, protagonists are well-built so it seems that
everything required for a good book for young adult is perfectly there. I just
regret that adaptation of City of Ashes
is not going to happen this year because I would definitely go and see it.
PS. Chwalę się moim nowym cudeńkiem :D
PS. Chwalę się moim nowym cudeńkiem :D
Fajnie napisałaś tę recenzję - przeczytałam ją w całości.
OdpowiedzUsuńNie mam prawa tu jakkolwiek poprawiać błędów - nie były aż tak rażące :)
Jedynie przecinków było za dużo... moim zdaniem :)
To pewnie przyzwyczajenia z języka polskiego :) No i zdania też są pewnie trochę za długie jak na język angielski, ale ja zawsze miałam problem ze zbyt kwiecistymi zdaniami, szczególnie przy licencjacie :D
UsuńDzięki za uwagi! :)
Przejrzałam recenzję raz jeszcze i faktycznie, momentami było ich za dużo, więc nadmiar przecinków ogarnięty ;)
UsuńTo wspaniały pomysł na podszkolenie języka jak i przyciągniecie nowych czytelników na bloga :)
OdpowiedzUsuńPozdrawiam i czekam na kolejne recenzje w języku angielskim.
Trzymam kciuki :)
Mnie się w ogóle nie podobała ta seria... A teraz jak wyszło na jaw, że plagiatowała utwory innych to straciłam do niej szacunek jako do pisarza.
OdpowiedzUsuńRecenzja po angielsku! No gratuluję :)
OdpowiedzUsuńPozdrawiam i zapraszam do siebie :)