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Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard

6 reviews

julienicole1106's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Vomit, War, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

jassieex's review

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: War, Torture, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Vomit

micaelamariem's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I absolutely loved finally diving back into this world and seeing how Mare’s journey progresses. I’m always a sucker for YA fantasy and dystopians, so I probably will always rate them highly, but I didn’t want to stop reading this. Lately, though I’ve always loved a redemption arc, I’ve been loving the exploration of when it’s okay to do some morally gray things and when do we turn into monsters if that’s who we’re trying to defeat? Mare’s grip on her own morality and her learning to love and trust again are the biggest themes of this book. I loved meeting new characters and getting more depth in the old ones. I didn’t like Cal in the first book, but now I’m in love! And I don’t hate Kilorn anymore. And I have a deeper understanding of Farley. Though there may be animosity between characters, I’m sensing some found family vibes coming and I am so here for it. Though the ending was such a disheartening cliffhanger, that I’m almost scared to start the next book! (Good thing I don’t have it yet I guess eh?) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Violence, Child death, Torture, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Slavery

kimxchi's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

shade was the only decent character before farley, and he died

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Torture, Violence, War, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Confinement, and Blood

hshipl's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This was… not good. I should’ve expected it, considering I rated “Red Queen” only 3 stars. I don’t know why I decided to go further on with the series, but for some reason I did. And it wasn’t that enjoyable! In all honesty, I’m in desperate need of reading books to complete my reading goal and if I wasn’t, I would’ve DNFed this. I never DNF books. For the latter half of the book, I listened to an audiobook version although I own a physical copy.

I don’t feel like writing a full-on review, so here are some of my thoughts from my notes app that I had whilst reading one time!!!

• i love cal but he’s kinda boring
• maven is the only character that’s carrying the series and that’s only because he actually has a personality
• OH AND KILORN AND SHADE, i like them, especially their bantering
  (edit- SHADE DIED. HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO I LOVED)
• mare = lightning girl NOT mareena
• WE GET IT. ANYONE CAN BETRAY ANYONE. OOOOKAY.
• cameron is girlboss

I’m done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Child death, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit

escapismforlife's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I'm not enjoying what Mare Barrows, as protagonist,mood and purpose in this book does.

 The narrations is jumbled and jumps around to at random points that make no sense. Plus, things happen that came from no where and  have no explanation.  All of it happens through  telling not showing for the majority of this  book while capturing newbloods. Which in the case  isn't  good like whatsoever. Like all of a sudden Mare and Cal like then love each other  in between  ten chapter.

 Not to mention  she just is able to control  her powers. Despite repeatin   she is unable to with just a couple months of training  with it.  But it was enough to

kill queen  Elara

and not

save her brother

.

I don't  like this protagonist  at all especially  with how this book ends. Not after everything  she puts her family  through  despite  trying to be brave.

Bold

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Death of parent