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barbarianmissy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I felt like this book was trope city and reminded me of a bunch of other YA books from my highschool years. We have the competition of the hunger games, the love triangle of twilight, the royal prince having a crush on the poor girl from the selection series. Felt very nostalgic even though I’d never read it.
It was a very easy read and the story was sweet and very easy to follow but I’m excited for it to get more interesting cause it felt very surface. I liked seeing the connection to Crescent City though with the mention of my girl, Wyrd (Urd!)
And…. I’ve seen tik toks hating him so I know he’s probably about to flip a switch and be a D-bag that I loathe, but if I’m being honest….. right now…. I’m team KA-CHAOL!
Idk Dorian is a little too full of himself for my liking. But also seriously how TF did ka-Chaol get the job of Captain of the Guard at 22 having never killed a man????? UNREALISTIC IF YOU ASK ME!
Anywho, CROWN OF MIDNIGHT, YOURE UP, BABYCAKES!
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
bree_h_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, and Racism
angelreads_13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'm afraid it would take forever for me to compose a review that would be half as good enough as I would like, and even then, it wouldn't do this book or this series justice. Till then, let me just sa...WOW.
If you're still on the fence about reading this series, I'd tell you stop being a flaming idiot and pick up the first book YESTERDAY!!!
Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Death
Minor: Grief, Slavery, Drug use, and Violence
lqne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Vomit
Moderate: Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, and War
Minor: Child abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, Drug use, Eating disorder, Police brutality, and Sexual harassment
_rubytallulah_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Gore
Minor: Death of parent, Confinement, and Drug use
mandiemarie's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: War, Violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Murder, Toxic relationship, Drug use, and Torture
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, and Racism
nnylelocin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Gore, Death of parent, Genocide, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, Slavery, and Drug use
liesthemoontells's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Does a great job of introducing its characters and setting the scene for the saga ahead.
Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Torture, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: War and Slavery
Minor: Animal death
ladypalutena's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Is this book ground-breaking? No. A teen who, by all rights, should never have gotten to where they are in life is the "chosen one" picked up by a plucky crown prince and made to fight a ton of grown men to win the right to become an official assassin.
To which I say,
The biggest issue I found is that I never felt afraid for Celaena at any point. She is proven over and over again, in every situation, that she is better than everyone else. She's not only beautiful, but she's deadlier than everyone, and oh by the way, did you know she's only 18?
It is also so painfully obvious where this book is going to go. There's a weak attempt at misdirection with Celaena believing that one specific person is the champion-murderer, which made me roll my eyes. Maas all but crams it down your throat early on, and then dances around the lumpy blanket on the ground just to whip off the cover late in the book and go "Surprise!" But by then, it's not a surprise and the real villain has been super obvious for way too long.
The world is interesting, and while our MC Celaena can be thorny at times, she's an assassin and this is the only way she knows she can't be hurt.
So far, so good. I'm interested in where this is going to lead, and even more interested in how I'm going to juggle my Libby holds for this series when every one of them has a vastly different wait time.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: War, Violence, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Drug abuse
merrow's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Death, Violence, Vomit, War, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Genocide