Fantasy Literature

Codeine

(25,586 posts) Sun Mar 23, 2014, 12:27 PM Mar 2014

Are any of you familiar with The Mortal Instruments?

My daughter loves books with magic and fantasy-tinged horror, so these seem like they'd be right up her alley, but I want to make sure they aren't Christian-themed. I'm not enthusiastic about the way evangelicals use YA literature to sneak Christian propaganda into stories of that sort and I'd like to assure myself that's not what these are before I buy the series.

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Are any of you familiar with The Mortal Instruments? (Original Post) Codeine Mar 2014 OP

Try Instrumentalities of the Night malthaussen Mar 2014 #1

Heh. Any child in my home Codeine Mar 2014 #2

Ah, then she's *already* reading Glen Cook.:) malthaussen Mar 2014 #3

Here's one review of the Mortal Instruments... malthaussen Mar 2014 #4

malthaussen

(18,629 posts)

1. Try Instrumentalities of the Night

Reply to Codeine (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 12:35 PM

Mar 2014

Not familiar with Mortal Instruments, but Glen Cook can always be relied on to provide a good read. Of course, depending on how young your daughter is, he may be a touch too realistic for her. No sex, but a LOT of cynicism.

-- Mal

Codeine

(25,586 posts)

2. Heh. Any child in my home

Reply to malthaussen (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 12:40 PM

Mar 2014

is raised on a blend of cynicism, skepticism, and non-specific ennui like a bleak mother's milk.

malthaussen

(18,629 posts)

3. Ah, then she's *already* reading Glen Cook.:)

Reply to Codeine (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 12:44 PM

Mar 2014

Have you tried her on the Starfishers? A lesser-known Cook, it's sci-fi, not fantasy, but with a protagonist who reads Ecclesiastes daily, what's not to love?

-- Mal

malthaussen

(18,629 posts)

4. Here's one review of the Mortal Instruments...

Reply to Codeine (Original post)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 12:53 PM

Mar 2014

http://ssbookreviews.blogspot.com/2012/03/mortal-instruments-series-review.html

Bottom line appears to be: no stealth evangelism.

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