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smilingsammie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Gore, War, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, and Grief
Moderate: Vomit, Classism, and Kidnapping
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
midnghts's review
adventurous
slow-paced
2.5
let me start with what i liked: i think the pace of this book was actually decent compared to the other two! and we started so strong like the first 20%? i loved it, i was so into it! i loved seeing feyre being infiltrated in the spring court and i wish that we had gotten more of that.
after this, it got extremely boring.
the political aspect of these books was just so poorly done, you can tell sjm just shoved everything into this book.
also, i know they're at war but there was never a point where i actually thought anyone was dying (and spoiler alert: no one did). i just couldn't find myself to care for these "big injuries" everyone had when they would show up fine the next morning like nothing happened.
there were WAY too many characters with too little relevance. like omg why is there so many characters in this story? i can't name all of these people. even the core characters were too much: name every single person of feysand's "family"? i can't. it was so overwhelming at times. i will say i think it's "hilarious" that their dad died (like were we supposed to care about him?) but we didn't even get to know his name. genuinely though, i think that this is why i had trouble connecting with anyone in this series, there was just too many people.
final thoughts: i understand why people love this series so much. i do. it's just not for me. sjm is not a writer for me. this series had so much potential, and if anyone else wrote it, it could see this be a favorite of mine.
after this, it got extremely boring.
the political aspect of these books was just so poorly done, you can tell sjm just shoved everything into this book.
also, i know they're at war but there was never a point where i actually thought anyone was dying (and spoiler alert: no one did). i just couldn't find myself to care for these "big injuries" everyone had when they would show up fine the next morning like nothing happened.
there were WAY too many characters with too little relevance. like omg why is there so many characters in this story? i can't name all of these people. even the core characters were too much: name every single person of feysand's "family"? i can't. it was so overwhelming at times. i will say i think it's "hilarious" that their dad died (like were we supposed to care about him?) but we didn't even get to know his name. genuinely though, i think that this is why i had trouble connecting with anyone in this series, there was just too many people.
final thoughts: i understand why people love this series so much. i do. it's just not for me. sjm is not a writer for me. this series had so much potential, and if anyone else wrote it, it could see this be a favorite of mine.
sadamczak's review
5.0
Emotional rollercoaster. Ugh, these characters have amazing storylines. I'm in love with this series.
inesvelasquez13's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
magikspells's review against another edition
2.0
I wish I liked these better. I think it was because everything culminated into this big battle, but even with the length of this book, felt rushed. One of the things I really liked about Throne of Glass was that you understood why these different groups were coming together and the relationships between the people.
This book really suffers from being from a single point of view. Feyre is annoying, but a lot of things you only hear about from her point of view, so you just get to hear second hand about other things happening. I'm not even annoyed at Tamlin, he gets all this shit for making bad decisions because they aren't explained and from Feyre/Rhys' point of view. Pretty stupid how it's ok for Rhys to be terrible for his people, but Tamlin is evil for it.
I could nitpick a lot of other things, like why magic seems to just do whatever is convenient for the story, why all the characters are all so pretty and the most powerful person ever, why are there efforts to talk about all fae being the same but they still keep differentiating between the lesser and high. This society makes very little sense sometimes, but I think a lot of that could be a product of the limited point of view.
This book really suffers from being from a single point of view. Feyre is annoying, but a lot of things you only hear about from her point of view, so you just get to hear second hand about other things happening. I'm not even annoyed at Tamlin, he gets all this shit for making bad decisions because they aren't explained and from Feyre/Rhys' point of view. Pretty stupid how it's ok for Rhys to be terrible for his people, but Tamlin is evil for it.
I could nitpick a lot of other things, like why magic seems to just do whatever is convenient for the story, why all the characters are all so pretty and the most powerful person ever, why are there efforts to talk about all fae being the same but they still keep differentiating between the lesser and high. This society makes very little sense sometimes, but I think a lot of that could be a product of the limited point of view.
ionalawrence's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
mbreeggs's review
5.0
This book! This book made me cry hysterically.. not even kidding! Yet again I’m emotionally attached to fictional characters and I can’t stop. Oh and can we talk about Tampon?!? Beeoottcch came to the meeting and ran to the king?! Then though he redeemed himself by helping Feyre escape AND when Rhys … when Rhys needed saving .. he came through! Was it out of spite? Was it because of his love for her? Is he just wanting to redeem himself? And Mor! Girl! So dramatic! This whole book was beautifully written and I loved it!