Book Review: TMI: City of bones — Cassandra Clare

Hello my dear readers, today I bring you my impressions of the start of the series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare.

Without ado, I will start saying that every people talk about this series, so, I was watching the movie first! I didn't know that the film was a failure, because its cast is great. Had Jamie Campbell Bower fucking handsome, the beautiful Lily Collins and what everyone said, an amazing plot. Ok, watched the movie and I noticed it was super cool, had some action scenes, a story with a Q of magic and so I said, I need to read the book!

I started the book and finished it in three days, it because I wanted to have done before, but didn't. Reading very flowed, however, in the first few chapters I could ever understand why the film didn't rocked. The cast doesn't failed, but the script.. Yes! I think they forgot that it was based on a book and I've never seen something so different! But still, I liked the movie, by the way, I loved it!

But now I will talk about the book.

It all starts with Clary and her friend Simon going to a nightclub very ballad in New York called Pandemonium, and in that place, Clary sees a super cute guy that she is interested, but the guy seems bewitched by an extremely beautiful girl appears, wearing white and not the kind that would have another chance. Clary is even discouraged, but there is something very curious about that girl ... She has a whip in hand with which holds the boy and takes him to a particular area where entry was prohibited. Half puzzled, Clary goes after them and all she thought was real and undoes the front. The unlikely happens. Her world is affected and the first meeting between her and Jace Wayland couldn't be worse. She sees killing the handsome boy and oddly enough ... He disappears. To complete, only she seems to be seeing everything.

Is she crazy? What's happening? To help, after the episode, Clary's mother disappears mysteriously leaving behind a daughter worried about a destroyed and full house of unlikely things.

Clary will have to be brave to be able to find Jocelyn and with the help of Jace and his shadowhunters friends, she embarks on an extraordinary adventure entitled to lair of death and everything!

Well, I won't say more about the plot, I will focus myself more on the characters.

I found the characters very, very artificial! They had no depth at all, but I liked Jace's strong personality, I think he was the one who held the whole book and also the fun and annoying way to Simon, I think he is a very good character. Clary on the other side, is the typical girl confused and stumbled across the rebel who actually is nothing but a person seeking to find their place in world. This might work if the author had better explored that side. I think she was too caught up in the action and sinned in points like this. The Lightwood brothers are also captivating, although not participate much of things. And the rest, well, the rest is the rest and the only one who deserves sympathy is Luke, he is A-1!

About the plot, found it very well thought, Cassandra mixed in a certain fantasy and reality tone about to impress, captivate and make readers ask more. I wanted to know more! However, I thought I might have had a little less bullshit and a little more "let's get right to the point."

About the time and space, everything is harmonium, the author developed all very well, time is subtle to the chronological and the space is open and spacious with good descriptions without getting totally boring. The narrator is omniscient selective, it switches its focus at various times, but wasn't a problem in this book. In fact, helped her down, because would focus only on Clary, wouldn't work.

Anyway, I'm dying to get the next book, because the end leaves you intrigued, it's amazing how Cassandra addresses issues that are viewed askance by society so naturally, such as incest and homosexuality. I really enjoyed it and hope to approach the characters evolve throughout the series and that, please, the end is not a complete disappointment!

Until next time folks!

Synopsis: Sworn by Shadows — Letícia Godoy

Hello folks! Today I will post for you the synopsis of my book Sworn by shadows. I'm beginning to translate it into English and is getting pretty cool! I was awaiting! 

Literature: without borders!

Synopsis: Sworn by shadows tells Elvira's story, an orphan girl who, when about to turn 18, discover that a death's prophecy haunts her past, and that there are hidden things about her that no one can explain. Amidst the confusion that becomes her life after learning more about herself, destiny keeps her one more surprise: Luigi, a young seminarian who she falls madly in love. But it won't be easy to take and live this forbidden romance. Elvira has to face her past, but can't live without Luigi, who also need to decide between her and your religion career. One that allows various opinions about the events because of its fragmented narrative, where everyone give their opinion about the facts. Sworn by Shadows invites reader to enter the mind of characters and figure out who is telling the truth, enveloping him in passion, conflict, jealousy, hatred and death.

Just a small piece of chapter one to let them curious:

"I introduce to you, Elvira 

"Love is the greatest of all feelings ... Life isn’t bigger than death, and death isn’t bigger than life. Love overcomes both! "

Elvira was about to turn eighteen and then would have to move out the orphanage, but she had nowhere to go. The girl was sad, cold and always seemed to be mourning. Her appearance was that of a beautiful rose in bloom, a charming person, but her manner was someone tired of living."

News coming soon!

Book Review: The Apocalypse's Apostles — Vitor Hugo Ribeiro

Hello my dear friends! Players and staff that you are accessing the blog for the first time! Today I come with another book review of a Brazilian book I was impressed! I had the pleasure of meeting the writer on the book Biennial, before that, we talked just by facebook. So, we conducted a literary exchange that, for me, was very satisfactory and as you know, now I have the book autographed * - *
Well, you already know him! Certainly! Vitor Hugo Ribeiro, a Brazilian writer that lives in Sorocaba, had already published books like Átron and The Quest, but in this year, published his best work. The Apocalypse's Apostles isn't conventional and I confess who I was surprise with the visible maturation of author that, still, is in continuous development.

I don't like compare books, so, because of this, I will just say that in relation of Átron, Vitor Hugo gave a important jump toward his apex of creation. It's visible that author has his registered mark composed of unusual stories,  lots of blood, action and SI-FI touch. I believe he was better and happy on his choices when decided to base this book in our time and haven't advanced so much in time, like in Átron, in the future years.

In fact, the Apocalypse's Apostles happens in 80s. More especifically, 1984. I must note that time in this book is extremely well marked and all the main story unfolds on a weekend. Earlier we have the presentation of a group of systems analysis's freshmen that are beginning their studies at ICCA, which brings us to a trivial story of young university students, but that isn't what awaits us.
Ricardo (the author loves main characters names starting with R! In Átron had Rodrigo.) and his friends, unpopular nerds to the female audience, are A-1 students and they were happy to look at Andressa, the most beautiful student of class, while studied. They had everything to do well in college, but on a visit to the "CPD" to program Cobol in Cobra computer,  Ricardo discovers a secret passage leading to a steel door. Startled, he decides to tell to his friends, Heleno and Pencelle, but when they returned to the place, they find nothing. Thus, Ricardo is called crazy, and no one imagined that such a discovery would cause so many problems.
Intrigued by what happened, Ricardo starts searching about the place and discovers through a gentle secretary that the  ICCA building, in the past, was occupied by the Apocalypse's Apostles, an evil cult that was exterminated by the government. The building was sealed and years after, renovated, giving way to University.
Nadia, one shy skinny girl from Ricardo's room, is the only one who believes him and so, she goes to the CPD look for the secret passage and also to find. But Nadia is bolder and hear screams behind the steel door, takes off sprinting for help finding on the way Ricardo, Heleno, Pencelle, Andressa and her friend Karina who, together, decide to call the police that  found nothing in place.
Believers are right, the group of students finds out too much and start an exciting adventure through the underground of Campinas, where death is the last thing that should worry.
Death, mysteries and situations beyond bizarre, The Apocalypse's Apostles takes the reader to laugh, to intrigue and want to know more! What's behind that door? What a college director and an important businessman have in common? And most importantly: who, after all, are the Apocalypse's Apostles?
This all just find reading the entire book! Well, now we leave for the actual examination. About the narrator, it is in the third person and has multiple neutral omniscience, that is, the narrative focus constantly alternates, but the narrator doesn't intrude in the story, it is limited to narrate the facts above, which in this case, causes a sense of dynamism. The plot is engaging and it be brief, you can read quickly. About space, I must say that if you are claustrophobic, you will feel that way when reading the book! But that, of course, isn't a bad thing. The author maintains his fast and minimalist writing style, don't  attend to numerous details, but in this book, he was able to be clear and don't sound nonsense.
In fact, it is even favorable in many instances. Cannibalism theme was something that surprised me a lot, but I believe that was exploited in the course of the work, however, found that there was an exaggerated "massacre" for a short period of time. Does the "people" were not thinking about the consequences of their actions when leaving throwing around? This caused me some discomfort and I thought: But our ... Another ?! I think death, in many cases, serve to make the most exciting book, but too much and without a plausible explanation, it is rather cliche.
Another point that caused me discomfort was the repetition of the compound name of ALL characters ALL the time! I don't think this is necessary and sometimes, takes the book's fruition. For example, why refer to "Andressa Melina" and "Nadia Bruna Oliveira" all the time? Because there isn't other Andressa and  another Nadia, the reader already understands we're talking about. So is the hint for future books, I don't know, may be only annoyance mine, after all has readers and readers, but for me it was exhausting while reading. It is something to think about.
On the revised text was almost perfect. Passed very few details, like a letter here, a dash there and there space. Anything that "harms" the reading or "skip to the reader's eyes", that I guarantee.
Other than that, I have nothing to talk about. It's a creative book that is worth reading and if you are SI-FI lover, is on the right book! I believe this issue much like the male audience, but the way it was approached by Vitor, will tickle both boys and girls, young people and adults. In another words: Greeks and Trojans!
Anyway, these are my honest thoughts about this very engaging Brazilian Book that came to mark your space, surely!
And now I'm leaving, my dear! Until next time!
#xoxo