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Tower of Dawn

Sarah J. Maas

4.23 AVERAGE

sonjasusannaf's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark medium-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

pushasha's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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: Yes

geternick's review against another edition

5.0

I don’t understand how some people chose to either skip this book, DNF’d it, or didn’t like it! Chaol will always have a piece of my heart, and we really get to see Nesryn come into her own. The world building was amazing as well, and it was awesome to learn more about the southern continent and not just Erilea!

jjudgingbythecover's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative slow-paced

mayahebden's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nicoleerosen's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

moliwog's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense

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

Is it a perfect book? Definitely not. I found some parts dragged a liiittle but I have the biggest book hangover I've had since QoS so that's gotta count for something. I'm glad I read it on its own in my first read through, I feel like the place in the story makes sense and it has such a distinct vibe from EoS (a book I liked a little less oop) that it was worth it to me. But I came into it already liking Chaol so I get the aversion, not to mention I understand how much people enjoy specifically reading about Aelin and her crew. To me it was almost like a palate cleanser and I loved the characters and relationships - I even thought the side characters were pretty interesting and would gladly read more about the southern continent. But I really loved the four central characters in the book and thought both plotlines were gripping.

I don't usually reread books, let alone series, but I absolutely would read this series again, and would maybe give the tandem read a try then. I can see the benefit of knowing the books' timelines directly instead of inferring from the details provided, though I didn't have too much trouble with that even though I took a few weeks break between EoS and ToD. Overall this is a tough call for QoS vs ToD being my favorite book in the series so far.