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Coroa da meia-noite Midnight Crown: Trono de Vidro, Livro 2 Throne of Glass, Book 2 by Sarah J. Maas, Brina Costa

119 reviews

jimjamreads's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Did I understand a single thing that happened in this book? No. Did I enjoy every second of it? Yes.

That ending was so predictable. If 1+1=2, then of course Celaena is Aelin… Idk why Chaol reacted like that at the end tbh.

Also, speaking of Chaol, his and Celaena’s romance felt so forced. I much preferred her with Dorian (please give him another chance 😪). Their relationship just felt like another plot device that was created to keep the story ‘interesting.’ Did I still eat up their scenes together? Of course I bloody did. 

All those things about the Wyrdkeys went straight over my fat head. I have no clue what’s going on but I loved it. I rated it lower than TOG because I didn’t enjoy it as much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol

inkshadows's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Good character development. The ending was a cliffhanger but I still felt like the main premise of this portion of the plot was resolved. The book felt complete.

The different character POVs drove the story along in an interesting way, adding depth and complexity to the narrative.

I do wish there was more world building, but as the ending suggests, we’ll see more of that in the next book.

I appreciate the mix of platonic and love relationships. It gave the story more life and made the characters more real. It didn’t feel explicitly romance driven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, War

kat1105's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, War

sarahreadsinroc's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

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This book broke my heart and then at the very end, blew my mind! 🤯 iykyk

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Gore, Kidnapping, Grief

prettylightsandcitynights's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail

campisforever's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Crown of Midnight is markedly better than Throne of Glass, develops the three major characters in considerably more depth, and better establishes the longer investment of the narrative series. 

That said, the treatment of the one character of color that was major in Throne of Glass is upsetting. Maas’ casts aren’t particularly diverse to begin with, and this book’s fridging of the most prominent (and visible) character of color so far does not bode well for future characters of color, if they’re introduced at all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit

kenziewol's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder

Minor: Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, War

lamar17's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious medium-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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Kidnapping