Reviews - The Assassin's Blade

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The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

love_and_other_tropes's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

danni_k's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kellymedic's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense

taytay2025's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

shelbyhanysh's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-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: Complicated

nicolehurst's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

kaylanoelle04's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amberwellens's review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

loletner's review against another edition

3.0

It was a fine book. So much fun world building a bit hard to get through I read it 3rd
Pros of reading 3rd- I felt I had the snippets of stories and it was nice to be able to see the full scope of them.
Cons- hard to take a break from the main story after the ending of crown of midnight

I know the whole debate is 1st or 3rd but honestly wish I read it after throne of glass. I think that would’ve been best

raereadsabundantly's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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: N/A

I read this first before the rest of the eries because I am someone who goes by numbers and I wasn’t aware that it wasn’t published first. I really love Calaena and this poor girl was put through so much. I like that each novella can be read together as one long story with varying time jumps and I like how we see how Calaena’s decisions and the decisions of people around her get her to the events of Throne of Glass. I also like that while each challenge she faces seems to get progressively worse she finds a portion of her true self and not who she was created to be.

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