I read the first book in Mortal Instruments (yes, it's "City of Bones") without knowing anything about Claire or the kerfuffle or anything else, and I did make it all the way through and went, "Meh." Never bothered to go looking for the second book (like I did with the "Hunger Games" and, for that matter, "Harry Potter"). I guess I can see the Harry Potter-ness of it, although that wouldn't have been my first guess, what with the vampires and demons and tattoos. I just thought it was pretty standard YA "heroine is Someone Special (tm)" trope with a pretty "meh" twist and pretty "meh" characters.
None of them had as much personality as ANY of Rowling's characters.
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Date: 2014-04-16 02:33 am (UTC)None of them had as much personality as ANY of Rowling's characters.