The Dark
Artifices, Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare is an interesting
book. I did like a lot about it, but only recommend it with many
reservations.
First, sex is
represented in such a way as to suggest most, if not all, of the
characters have loose morals where it is concerned, and low regard
for the sanctity of it. This along is troubling enough for me to set
this one in a pile of books my girls will not be allowed to read
until much older. Because of other subjects and the manner in which
they are handled, it is a story I will not really encourage my
children to read. Any topics covered in a good way aren't worth the
problems.
Another problem is
the representation of sexuality… although I recognize that
bisexuality and homosexuality are becoming more socially acceptable
and are often visible, I find it troubling to find it represented as
completely acceptable in youth literature. I know I'm on a very
unpopular side of this subject.
There are a couple
homosexual couples and one of the more major characters is bisexual.
Also, for many
fundamentalist Christians (and some others), the amount of and
representation of magic would be problematic. This is a lesser issue
in my mind, honestly. Definitely something to be aware of, though!
So, the romance part
of the story… basically, this girl and this guy are linked
magically and forbidden by law to fall in love. They do anyway and
are planning to just hide their relationship. But then the girl
finds out why the law forbids it and takes matters into her own
hands.
The rest of the
story is all about how these two figure out who is behind a series of
murders, including the girl's parents, and stopping the murderer from
fulfilling an evil plan.
It is an interesting
premise and story. I did like it. I do not think it is
appropriately shelved in the area for teens and YA, though. I guess
I'm a bit more conservative than many these days.
Have you read The
Dark Artifices, Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare? What did you
think of it?
No comments:
Post a Comment