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La jaula del rey by Victoria Aveyard

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jelkebooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This book didn't work for me. It was a bit of a let down, especially with how much I like book one and two in this series. It's just that this book is way too long. For most of this book almost nothing happened in it. Everything about this book just screamed FILLER. It was quite a bore to read.
On top of that I do still think Mare is insufferable, and she definitely didn't go through any growth throughout this book either. She was so incredibly stupid in this book as well. Maven's intentions were as transparent as one could be, and Mare was still constantly in her inner monologue saying she had no clue what he was doing. On top of that she just also made some really dumb decisions. We also got a new POV this book. Cameron might have been even be worse than Mare, in my opinion. Being contrarian for contrarian sake is one of my worst pet peeve's in characters, and she just embodies that. It was obvious she was supposed to be an "edgy" character, but instead she was just incredibly annoying. Wasn't there anyone else in the Scarlett Guard we could have followed to showcase this part of the story? I mean, literally any other character could have been better.
Anyway, I do think there's some interesting world politics, and expansion going on in this book. We learn quite a bit of the world's history, and other countries as well. I thought it was really interesting, and I wanted more of that than we got. Let's hope it will play a big part in the final book.

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winglesswarrior's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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caelfind's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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yinthe__'s review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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hollymileham's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.75

best thing about this book is how im scamming amazon to read it

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psnchz's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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prashiie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

"He caught me back then, ensnaring me in a prince's trap. Now I'm in a king's cage. But so is he. My chains are Silent Stone. His is the crown."

As Mare has been kept as a prisoner, there is not a lot that she can do. So the first part of the story felt very slow. But actually a lot of things were happening in the background. Sometimes doing nothing is just as powerful as actively trying to fight your enemy. Slowly we see the cracks in Maven’s court and how he is struggling to keep his crown. He makes new alliances and breaks his promises, much to his court’s annoyances. After all, he is just a lonely boy trying to survive and that scares the shit out of him. The only thing we can really count on in this world is Maven’s obsession with Mare.

But Mare doesn’t see that she also has a weakness for Maven.
“In spite of myself, I feel the familiar longing for a boy who does not exist.”

I mean, it has become boring by now. He showed you who he really is and still she goes on and on about who you thought he was.
“How many times does one wicked boy have to betray you people before you learn?”

Even though the book started a bit slow, near the end it got very exciting. I think it portrayed the changing dynamics well.

I was shocked to see how it ended with Cal and Mare!! At this point I don’t see how they will ever get back together, but I do hope so…

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