5.16k reviews for:

Sword Catcher

Cassandra Clare

3.85 AVERAGE

notgoodreads2025's review

1.0

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YA

lilasbard's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

choley316's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chancethesecond's review

2.5

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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2.5 stars! This was disappointingly mid. I was expecting a lot more from renowned Cassandra Clare. Sword Catcher was marketed as adult, but it reads very YA. Almost 700 pages and there was zero character development. The Prince was the brattiest prince I've ever had the displeasure of reading about *insert yearning for Dorian Havilliard II here*, taking away the seriousness of the plot Clare was trying to capture. Kel, Lin and Antonetta were the only interesting parts of the novel, and weren't given enough page time to do much. I think the world building was interesting; I liked the politics, manic monarch and charter families.

kelseyysaurus's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

obsidianwings's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

nreus's review

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

emlavelua's review

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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My only gripe about this book is the prologue. After finishing the book I don’t think it was necessary to be that long. It could have been split throughout the book to not ruin the pacing because it was a painful read. Once I got past the prologue I was less motivated to get started on the book, but the storyline and characters was a good read. Loved the multiple POVs, they all had interesting story lines. 

roseragnes's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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eloisecate's review

4.0

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4.5 stars