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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

13 reviews

ashley_briana26's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• 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

This was a good book! The first half was a bit slow as it set up the world but the ending was exciting and makes me anxious to run to the store for the next one in the series! Now that the world building is established the rest of the books should be faster paced. The characters were nicely fleshed out and easy to empathize with. There’s some murder mystery elements in this book as well that I greatly enjoyed! I would recommend this book to those who don’t want spice but still want a cute little will they won’t they romance in a mostly adventure based fantasy setting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death, Genocide, Death of parent, and Slavery

Minor: Animal cruelty, Abandonment, and Alcohol

hannalizzy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A great first book to kick off a series, very engaging from the start. The love triangle had so much potential, but I feel like it wasn’t explored enough, though I suppose there’s still plenty of time in the series left to flesh it out. If someone only wants to read this book for the romance, they’d be disappointed, since not much happens aside from like two scenes with just a kiss. Overall, this book does a great job setting up a really dynamic and interesting plot web for the next few books to explore. I’m already starting the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, and Classism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Slavery, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cannibalism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Vomit

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Vomit, Sexism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Body horror, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Deportation, Genocide, Sexual content, War, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Violence

pairswellwithbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

I can’t believe I waited so long to start this series. It will put me in a book coma for sure 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Cursing and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Classism, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I enjoyed this book, despite what others said about it being slow or boring compared to the rest of the series. It was a fun beginning to what has become one of my favorite series ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child abuse, Confinement, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Death, Torture, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Sexism

All of the content warnings are really for the whole series, as I can’t remember specifics to everything in this book.

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Gore, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, and Slavery

kenzaett's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Slavery, Abandonment, and Deportation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, War, and Gaslighting

_kayla_marie_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? No

5.0

The writing is excellent and I could not put this book down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, War, Violence, Slavery, Physical abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

sierrabedwell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

2.75

I thought this book was good, but not as good as ACOTAR. I keep wanting to read more Sarah J. Maas but none of them live up to the first series I read from her. I liked the storyline and the strong female lead. I also liked the twist at the end that let you into something that the main character didn’t know. I wasn’t sure that she was

going to win at the end.

I think that seeing into different dimensions or worlds is going to become very important later on. In the end, I did like it, just not like some of the other books I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Gore, and Torture

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Trafficking and War

filipa_maia's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I have to say that I was expecting something a little different from this read. It was really good but was not amazing.

This world created by Sarah J. Maas is very interesting, and the storyline is very appealing and makes us want to read more, but I was expecting something more. I don't know how to explain it better. Maybe the hype around this book made me thing that this book was something else. Somehow I feel that this book did not needed to be this big to tell this story. Maybe a shorter book would have been better for me, I found some parts quite boring.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and want to read the second one to discover what kind of adventures are awaiting for Celaena.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Colonisation, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Confinement, Genocide, Grief, and Toxic friendship