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daniofthewood's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Slavery and War
mangofraiche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Confinement, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Slavery
danajoy's review against another edition
3.75
This reminded me a lot of the Hunger Games with the training of champions and competition. Not as good to me personally but I did like it. I got a bit confused with some of the world building so hopefully I catch on more as we go.
This was my first SJM and I will continue.
Graphic: Death, Vomit, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Blood
Moderate: War
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
knottygeek's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Death, Gore, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Animal death, Blood, Violence, Classism, and Torture
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
amandafitz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: War, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit
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
leonormsousa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
It was great and exactly what I needed right now.
Was a bit too predictable at times? Sure. But it was still pretty good!
Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Bullying, Body horror, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Slavery, Sexism, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Murder