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City of Bones: Graphic Novel #1
Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Part 1 of 2
Th3rd World's adaptation of Cassandra Clare's New York Times best-selling novel, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Set in modern day New York, the Mortal Instruments series centers on the "Shadowhunters," human-angel hybrids that hunt down demons while also keeping peace between the warlocks, vampires, werewolves, faeries and other mythical creatures who inhabit the Earth.
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First published January 1, 2007
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November 5, 2011I doubt that anyone on GoodReads actually cares about my opinion but the Internet allows me to write something anyway.
I don't know if I want to read this book. In some ways it would be cool, but under the same ideology (right word?) as the movie, I don't want to have my "image" of Clary and Jace (and all the others) ruined. I want to see them how I see them. Yet I cannot help but be curious about how this will turn out. I mean, it might even be (God forbid I say this) good.
I don't know if I want to read this book. In some ways it would be cool, but under the same ideology (right word?) as the movie, I don't want to have my "image" of Clary and Jace (and all the others) ruined. I want to see them how I see them. Yet I cannot help but be curious about how this will turn out. I mean, it might even be (God forbid I say this) good.
December 21, 2019
I was intrigued by this failed first attempt at a comic adaptation of Cassandra Clare's City of Bones, but it wasn't available anywhere online, seemingly having been purged from the internet. But I managed to find a copy of all the released issues. I didn't except it to be good, but I was surprised at how bad it was.
The formatting was occasionally horrible, to the point that it attributed dialogue to the wrong character, one time having a character reply to themself. This incorrect attribution ended up dissolving a lot of the establishing character details from the original book, which was disappointing to say the least.
The art felt mediocre but not expressly awful, so I didn't mind it on the whole. I appreciated that Clary was actually short and not weirdly long but scaled down like the current comics seem to have her (I haven't read it yet, but the images I have seen seem to have her be that way; suffice it to say, she does not look a little over 5 feet in the new ones, she looks average height at least). Besides that, everyone has a strangely old-looking face. Idk but they're supposed to look 15-16 and they look 30.
Plotwise, not much to say: it's an abridged version of the original with poorly executed transitions and exposition.
My favorite part was definitely when it ended halfway through and the rest of the book was just an extended preview for an entirely different graphic novel. It was actually intriguing with a compelling art style and I'm definitely going to look into it.
The formatting was occasionally horrible, to the point that it attributed dialogue to the wrong character, one time having a character reply to themself. This incorrect attribution ended up dissolving a lot of the establishing character details from the original book, which was disappointing to say the least.
The art felt mediocre but not expressly awful, so I didn't mind it on the whole. I appreciated that Clary was actually short and not weirdly long but scaled down like the current comics seem to have her (I haven't read it yet, but the images I have seen seem to have her be that way; suffice it to say, she does not look a little over 5 feet in the new ones, she looks average height at least). Besides that, everyone has a strangely old-looking face. Idk but they're supposed to look 15-16 and they look 30.
Plotwise, not much to say: it's an abridged version of the original with poorly executed transitions and exposition.
My favorite part was definitely when it ended halfway through and the rest of the book was just an extended preview for an entirely different graphic novel. It was actually intriguing with a compelling art style and I'm definitely going to look into it.
July 24, 2013
¿¡Qué demonios acabo de leer?!
Soy una gran fanática de The Mortal Instruments y todo lo relacionado con Shadowhunters. Esos libros me gustan mucho, y siempre van a tener un lugar especial en mi corazón. Aún no me canso de ellos. Entiendo perfectamente que esto sea un negocio. No todos los autores escriben libros por amor al arte y a la literatura. Hemos visto muchas veces cómo algunos autores decidieron continuar sagas y trilogías que se daban por acabadas para hacer más dinero. Creo que el autor debe ser fiel a sí mismo y a sus escritos y decir basta. Cassie Clare seguro continuará dándole largas a la misma historia. Pero lo que me molesta es que se hagan cosas como esta estúpida novela gráfica que grita que fue hecha sólo para ganar más dinero.
Ni siquiera siento que se hayan esmerado en sacar un buen producto para los fanáticos de la serie. No sólo no me gustó, sino que me pareció realmente aburrida y tonta y sin gracia.
El arte apesta. Honestamente, yo realizo dibujos más lindos y creativos que los que verán aquí. No supieron adaptar el libro a una novela gráfica, ya que a) algunos detalles o se perdieron en la transición o simplemente fueron ignorados por los editores y los responsables de la novela (Jace y Alec usan vestimenta de Cazadores de Sombras al ir al Club Pandemonium. No se visten como simples mundanos), y b) si leyese esta novela gráfica sin haber conocido previamente los libros de Cassandra, probablemente terminaría arrepentida por haber perdido mi tiempo con ella.
Si te gusta lo que escribe Cassandra, eres fan de sus series o simplemente quieres empezar a leer novelas gráficas, hay cientos de maneras diferentes en las cuales gastar tu dinero y perder tu tiempo.
Soy una gran fanática de The Mortal Instruments y todo lo relacionado con Shadowhunters. Esos libros me gustan mucho, y siempre van a tener un lugar especial en mi corazón. Aún no me canso de ellos. Entiendo perfectamente que esto sea un negocio. No todos los autores escriben libros por amor al arte y a la literatura. Hemos visto muchas veces cómo algunos autores decidieron continuar sagas y trilogías que se daban por acabadas para hacer más dinero. Creo que el autor debe ser fiel a sí mismo y a sus escritos y decir basta. Cassie Clare seguro continuará dándole largas a la misma historia. Pero lo que me molesta es que se hagan cosas como esta estúpida novela gráfica que grita que fue hecha sólo para ganar más dinero.
Ni siquiera siento que se hayan esmerado en sacar un buen producto para los fanáticos de la serie. No sólo no me gustó, sino que me pareció realmente aburrida y tonta y sin gracia.
El arte apesta. Honestamente, yo realizo dibujos más lindos y creativos que los que verán aquí. No supieron adaptar el libro a una novela gráfica, ya que a) algunos detalles o se perdieron en la transición o simplemente fueron ignorados por los editores y los responsables de la novela (Jace y Alec usan vestimenta de Cazadores de Sombras al ir al Club Pandemonium. No se visten como simples mundanos), y b) si leyese esta novela gráfica sin haber conocido previamente los libros de Cassandra, probablemente terminaría arrepentida por haber perdido mi tiempo con ella.
Si te gusta lo que escribe Cassandra, eres fan de sus series o simplemente quieres empezar a leer novelas gráficas, hay cientos de maneras diferentes en las cuales gastar tu dinero y perder tu tiempo.
July 23, 2011
ISSUE ONE: /happy sigh. I love the art in this. <3 First issue was awesome!~
ISSUE TWO: Ughhhh. <3 I can't stand the one month wait for this...JUST RELEASE THE WHOLE GRAPHIC NOVEL JEEZ. I continue to love the art and how hot Jace is in this. <3
ISSUE TWO: Ughhhh. <3 I can't stand the one month wait for this...JUST RELEASE THE WHOLE GRAPHIC NOVEL JEEZ. I continue to love the art and how hot Jace is in this. <3
April 20, 2012
I finally took the time to read this and my review? It was just okay. The illustrations worked, but the story felt really condensed. And some of the demons were, well, not exactly what I pictured when I read it.
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May 23, 2013
March 24, 2018
These graphic novels deserve 5 stars for the art alone. Love em so far.
October 15, 2014
Love the series but am not a fan of the style of drawing.
September 17, 2021
Entertaining for the most part. I wasn't crazy about the art though, and some of the scenes were not drawn accordingly, the characters would be talking and the art showed them nearly screaming with deranged expressions on their faces when they were just speaking normally or having a bit of a disagreement, it was too exagerated.
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November 18, 2012Here I was all angry that the COB graphic novel was only going to be a digital release, that is until I came across this: http://books.simonandschuster.com/Cit...
Looks like it'll be published by S&S in hardcover/paperback format next year. It seems they are aiming to release it around the same time the movie is set to hit theatres (August 2013). Good news for me considering I LOVE graphic novels and equally adore The Mortal Instruments series =D
Looks like it'll be published by S&S in hardcover/paperback format next year. It seems they are aiming to release it around the same time the movie is set to hit theatres (August 2013). Good news for me considering I LOVE graphic novels and equally adore The Mortal Instruments series =D
February 10, 2014
I liked the artwork in this graphic novel. This is my first graphic novel ever so I was pretty impressed. Compared to the movie and the book it definitely does get straight to the point with the important scenes.
Not much else to say, but great work :)
Not much else to say, but great work :)
November 6, 2021
This graphic novel is absolutely horrendous, reading this made me realise why people don’t like the mortal instruments
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January 4, 2021Just how many adaptations does this series have??
December 4, 2016
The artwork in this graphic novel is stunning! I really like the style and much like the movie/book it contains a bit of info-dumping. I wish they had adapted this for people who are already familiar with the story though and kept the plot moving.
Besides that, like most graphic novels this is short but it is kind of ridiculously short considering it is a continuous story from one novel. For example The Walking Dead Vol. 1 "Days Gone Bye" is 144 pages. Yes, you can buy it per "episode" which is six separate comics, each bout 23-25 pages, much like this graphic novel, but the entire Vol 1 is all together in one book and 144 pages. Not sure why Cassandra Clare didn't do this same thing. They are just too short.
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Besides that, like most graphic novels this is short but it is kind of ridiculously short considering it is a continuous story from one novel. For example The Walking Dead Vol. 1 "Days Gone Bye" is 144 pages. Yes, you can buy it per "episode" which is six separate comics, each bout 23-25 pages, much like this graphic novel, but the entire Vol 1 is all together in one book and 144 pages. Not sure why Cassandra Clare didn't do this same thing. They are just too short.
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October 9, 2012
WHAT?! That's it?! Only 20 something pages?! And it stopped in the scene where there's an attack in Clary's house. WTF. >:(
Too short! Will there be a next volume or something? I wonder. Sigh.
Too short! Will there be a next volume or something? I wonder. Sigh.
January 30, 2013
Who likes graphic novels made by the book it's a read for fans only. Not for me. Drawing are lousy and it's just informative but it may push you away from a book if you didn't read it.
May 3, 2015
This was a very good read. Very entertaining with a different take on supernatural season. I highly recommend it.
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January 25, 2021Me uno a la opinión popular que veo en otras reseñas: las ilustraciones pudieron ser mejores, sobre todo la caracterización de Jace y Simon. Isabelle es la que mejor luce, le sigue Alec quien lejos de ser lo que vemos en la película y en la serie, se asemeja más a la imagen que nos presentan los libros: un muchacho guapo pero desarreglado, que anda molesto por la vida, menos "sexy badass" y más "aquí haciendo mi trabajo".
Otra a señalar es Clary, quien ya no parece una niñita pequeña e inocente, sino que tiene unos rasgos faciales marcados acorde con su personalidad, lo cual no me molesta, pero definitivamente no es lo que se expresa en los libros. El resto de los personajes que se ven hasta ahora (Jocelyn, Luke y Dorothea) están bien.
Otra cosa digna de mencionar es que a pesar de ser corto me perdí un par de veces, puede que se deba a que es mi primera novela grafica y no a que algo esté mal con el libro :)
PD: quiero releer los libros de cazadores de sombras y estoy empezando por este formato para tener una experiencia diferente, ya veremos que tan lejos llego.
Otra a señalar es Clary, quien ya no parece una niñita pequeña e inocente, sino que tiene unos rasgos faciales marcados acorde con su personalidad, lo cual no me molesta, pero definitivamente no es lo que se expresa en los libros. El resto de los personajes que se ven hasta ahora (Jocelyn, Luke y Dorothea) están bien.
Otra cosa digna de mencionar es que a pesar de ser corto me perdí un par de veces, puede que se deba a que es mi primera novela grafica y no a que algo esté mal con el libro :)
PD: quiero releer los libros de cazadores de sombras y estoy empezando por este formato para tener una experiencia diferente, ya veremos que tan lejos llego.
February 1, 2018
After witnessing a murder, commited by three teenagers with strange marking and strange weapons, Clary Fray is baffled by what she had just seen. Was the victim a boy? Were these people even real? She tries to report it, but seems to be the only one who can see these teenagers. Clary had finally had her first encounter with the Shadowhunters, warriors designated to rid the world of freely roaming demons. One of them is Jace, whom she will be pulled into a journey of vengance with. Within only 24 hours, their journey begins when Clary herself is attacked by a demon and when her mother is abducted by the demons. Who could the Fray be? why would demons have quarrles with ordinary humans like Clary and her Mother? Clary nor the Shadowhunters know the answer to that. But they will soon find out along their thrilling journey to save Clarys mother and to get personal vengance.
March 1, 2019
złapałam przez przypadek, bo chodziło mi o tą drugą serię autorki (nie jestem fanką i dlatego mi się mylą ;)). znam tą historię bo chyba kiedyś przekartkowałam książkę i oglądałam pierwszy odcinek serialu, więc wiadomo - nic specjalnego. bardzo mnie zawiodły ilustracje, bo okładka zapowiadała coś fajnego.
January 3, 2018
It was my first graphic novel. I realized I like normal novels better. I do want to read City of Bones now
January 25, 2018
I loved the art of the graphic novel.It has many elements of the story.I would love to have entire TMI,TID & TDA books by the same artists.
August 4, 2018
*4,5 stars
May 4, 2020
really great book very aventureous
June 6, 2020
Hermosa ilustracion
June 24, 2020
No aporta nada que no sepa ya pero es precioso ver como se imaginaba Cassandra a sus personajes y ciertos detalles.
October 28, 2020
2.5 stars
I get them, I started the first one, so, now I have to finish all the issues because I'm curious.
I get them, I started the first one, so, now I have to finish all the issues because I'm curious.
November 20, 2020
Didn't need to see the monster t the end. Forgot it was as creepy spider. Ughs
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