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Oh there was actually a point to the wrong virgil translation. “Your bracelet,” she said. “ ‘Acheronta movebo.’ It doesn’t mean ‘Thus always to tyrants.’ That’s ‘sic semper tyrannis.’ This is from Virgil. ‘Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.’ ‘If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell.’ ”
Is there a deeper reason for the bad toddler’s french too?

Its so obvious that jonathan/sabastian really does want to create a dark demon race of shadowhunters lol how is clary so naive and gullible. I hate stupid protagonists

“Tu dois être Jonathan Morgenstern. Et elle, c’est ta sœur? Je pensais que—”
You must be? What is this did she just google translate each word separately and slap them together in a sentence and hope it makes sense

“Nous avions rendez-vous?”

Excuse me? Whats happening this is all so annoying

“You got a euro for returning them”
They dont use euros in the czech republic? How are authors reasear hing their books so badly? How are editors and publishers not catching these mistakes? Why not do a 5 second google search. Completely takes me out of the story when authors do ts

If u wanna use latin in your books learn latin? Or at least look up translations? “Acheronta movebo. Boldly she put her hand on his wrist. “What does this mean?”
He looked at her hand where it touched the silver on his wrist. “It means ‘Thus always to tyrants.”
it does not? It means I shall raise hell/the underwold. It’s by virgil and the whole quote is if i cant move the heavens i shall raise hell.

Im watching the tv show at the same time and i know a lot of book readers hated it, but sriously book clary is soooo annoying and jace, isabelle and alec are horribly to clary. They treat her like dirt. In the show everyone is micer and much more bearable. I also liked isabelleks addiction storyline in the show, the characters in the book are kinda bland. And clary still acts like a child just like in the first book

Stubbornness is a cool character trait unless the character is being stubborn about small things. Especially in situations where they should be mature enough to know that they are in the wrong - that just makes them look stupid. I have an issue with making your female protagonist look like a 12 year old, because they are tiny, and tomboyish. Add being stubborn just because to that mix and they look like a toddler.

Why do authors tend to write 16 year olds like 10 year olds. They are more mtaure, they are almost adulst

God simon is annoying i cant with him… i have to forc mysef not to skip over anything he says

I forgot how much i dislike simon and clary being with simon… i also forgot that she truly is the quick to anger, quirky, artsy girl who’s in denial which doesn’t make her seem emotionally complex but plain thick and a bit slow.

Whatks with the baely 5 foot, clumsy female protagonist who is really beautiful but she herself doesn’t see it? So tired

““Can you arrange for a colebot to win a block party today” How are americans so rude without trying to be? He’s texting isabel after a huge argument and he says “can you” no please, no “could you please” or “would you”? It’s so rude

The time skips and pov changes are confusing

Why would u leave ur hotel room door unlocked?

Didnt rose make a magical vow that she has to ein the competition to win the book back? So why tf would she try to steal it

okay the kids dont speak french and don't understand je te quitte but surely they understand that raised voices or shouting are not "lovers whispers"... i hate it

irgendwie total sexistisch. die zweitälteste tochter ist für alles verantwortlich, vertraut der fremden tante nicht, wird dann von ihrem älteren und jüngeren bruder manipuliert. dann stiehlt lily das buch, wie rose die ganze zeit vermutet hat, weil basil lily den schlüssel gegeben hat und thymo das buch.die einzige die sich schlecht fühlt ist rose. den jungs ist es egal, und konsequenzen gibts auch nicht...

a bit strange to see the words situationship, baby mama and baby daddy used in 2005 but hell what do i know. there's many more but these are just the most recent 2020 words that have come up on one page

omg using the wrong "you're"
'He's you're only shot'
it's your only shot... you're means you are

the book i have also includes american spelling like "apologize" randomly. at times the book uses normal british spelling, "apologise" "practise" and then it'll include anericanised words as well... im seriously starting to wonder if the editor really read this book or if they just scammed the author?

it's very unrealistic for someone who has experienced domestic violence by the hands of a parent for her entire childhood to let any hint of that slip. typically children who are victims of dv are adept at lying and covering up for the abuser, shannon wouldnt say "because i'm not allowed to go anywhere", because she would be used to lying about her father/parents.it diminishes how deep these things are ingrained

okay it's bad enough that she's tiny, and much younger but her also acting so immature, childish and naive is kinda putting me off. she doesn't understand sarcasm? isn't that a milestone for 6 year olds?

missing commas, too many commas in random places? what's going on here? seriously did no one proofread it? not even the mircrosoft word software?

why is shannon vs johnny's height constantly emphasised. reminds me so much of the raven boys and blue and gansey, i keep calling them that in my head cause the dynamic is so so similar. gansey/ johnny are exactly the same archetype. the series even have a similar name lol. that's tiktok books for you, repurposing the same 5 tropes

we dont say "leash" it's a lead over here... at least try to sound irish not american

i cant be the only who thinks it's a bit strange that a grown woman chose to write entire chapters about teenage boys' dicks and balls? i get that it's probably realistic "locker room talk" bit still, if this was a male author writing about teenage girls in the same way, people would be disturbed

seriously she used the phrase "denial is a river in egypt" ugh i cannot how do these books get published?

dear johnny some girls or women just don't have big boobs. especially if they are petite, and naturally skinny.

'I took this as my que to get the fuck away from her minor daughter.' ?? que?