So... Whao (and not in a good way).First and foremost, this book is deadpan boring. I think it's the typical plot that has been explored a thousand times already and, consequently, it's not original. Imagine a world where Voldemort and Darth Vader are combined into a villain, but ironically, made 100 times lamer. I mean, sure, the villain, Valentine (are we being serious?) has a cruel plan and he has the purpose of eliminating a certain group of individuals to purify the world (this IDEA IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL OMFG!). He appears a handful of times and the guy is lame. He talks a lot, has an army of zombies (called "Forsaken"), and he laughs ~insert evil laugh here~ rather frequently. I could actually imagine him doing a bua ha laugh, cape and all.
The characters are LAME. Clary is so useless and annoying she could be the new jar jar in Star Wars VII. All throughout the book you're expecting she'll amount to something. She doesn't. Having her in a fight is like choosing jigglypuff in a Pokemon battle: sing me a song and Zzzz
I had hopes for Jace. He seemed pretty charming here and there, but the author did a great job laming him out by the end.
Also... The weapons are lightsabers. They have some weird name but these are sticks that glow, people... Copyright George Lucas.
The plot is awful. The story is all over the place with so many random things happening that you don't really care at a point. By the end of the book I was skipping some pointless description; it became too much to handle.
Some pages are entertaining, but as a whole, the book lacks interest, consistency, chemistry, among other things.
My advice? Spare yourself the trouble and if you're ever curious about the novel or any character? Use WIKIPEDIA.
Btw. Why 2 stars and not one? There are two interesting characters in my opinion: Luke and Alex. Wouldn't read the other books based on my liking for them, though.
