Reviews - The Assassin's Blade

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The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

itstorro's review against another edition

4.0

Loved following Calaena through her time in Rifthold. I felt the second book The Assassin and the Healer was least interesting although appreciated it for some of her character arc in the end.

tobrie_or_nottobrie's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

graphgirl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

pingo6's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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: Yes

alimessier's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

celicelik's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

natashalg's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I liked the story, but the main character annoyed the hell out of me and I cannot tell if that was intentional or not. I also didn't like the end of the book (shocking...), but I understand the reasoning. I have deducted 1 star for the irritating main character, half star for the ending, and a half star for some of the author's juvenile writing style

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