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The Assassin's Blade

Sarah J. Maas

4.1 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious 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: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I struggled to read this one.  I wanted to definitely get Celaena's backstory, but it was hard to get into. I read this 3rd. So after Crown of Midnight. I honestly did the audiobook to finish most of this. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I didn’t think I could rate any SJM below 5 stars, but here we are. It took me nearly 2 years to finish this book. To the point that I skipped it and read up to TOD. But I knew I needed to actually finish this book, so I forced myself. Now I enjoyed the desert story and the last story, but everything else I between…. Idk. Maybe it’s novellas I don’t like?
Nothing like Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers and Lord Heron playing while fucking Sam died. Now that was depressing.
I’m so sorry SJM for the fake fan I am.
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional hopeful medium-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
adventurous emotional 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: N/A

.5 deducted for killing sam, and heaps of trash on arobyn. 10/10 had me spiralling. im not crying.

ngl… I googled “is Sam Cortland really dead” bc I’m so sad we lose him as a character in this series