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Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

18 reviews

emsavors's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Kidnapping, Body horror, Misogyny, Classism, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Blood, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Sexual content, Slavery, Stalking, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Vomit, Xenophobia, War, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

It’s not my favorite, but this book has officially gotten me invested in the series!

<spoilers>
 I saw her true name coming, there were a lot of hints throughout the book. But the fact that she is fae, was a bit of a surprise, looking back, there were a few hints for that too, but I just missed them cause I was waiting for the name reveal. 

But also, Dorian has magic? That was a shocker!!! I can’t wait to see how all the magic plays out! 
</spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Torture, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Classism, Death, Death of parent, and Slavery

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Suicide, and Colonisation

Minor: Misogyny, War, Sexual content, and Vomit

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• 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

3.0

I had a harder time getting through this book than any other SJM book. That being said, it was still a good book, and vital to the storyline for the rest of the series. This book is definitely the turning point of the storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Hate crime, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Genocide, Gore, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexism, and War

laceylove's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Colonisation, Grief, Kidnapping, Police brutality, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Child death, Classism, Stalking, Confinement, Genocide, Death of parent, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Torture

loup's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Police brutality, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Stalking, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Death

Minor: Genocide, Sexual assault, Vomit, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, War, Sexual content, and Slavery

the_teen_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I finished the first book in the Throne of Glass series in July, and it instantly became one of my top reads ever! I bought Crown of Midnight as soon as possible, but didn't really have high hopes for it, and ended up procrastinating reading it. I finaly did, and honestly? It was better than the first one. The plot twists were amazing and blew my mind and the romance between Chaol and Celaena was perfect (while it lasted 😕). 
The writing is elite (I totally thought Chaol would run AWAY, not go through the portal!). 
10/10 recommend, I only removed 0.5 stars because I wanted Chaolaena to last (lmao) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Sexual content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Stalking

kayolay's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, War, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Blood, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Sexism

Minor: Vomit

inkshadows's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and War