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The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas

cholmgren's review against another edition

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4.0

Lowkey wish I read this first but Arobynn is a hoe

bananabelle's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-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

3.25

Hard to get into because of pacing but the emotional gut punch at the end was good. I wish I read the first 2 stories at a different point in the ToG series but I’m still glad I read it after Throne of Glass

xiscaneus's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad tense fast-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? No

3.25

tshar82's review against another edition

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mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

tessaiskitty's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.5

kfeina's review against another edition

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4.0

Muchíiiiiisimo mejor que Trono de Cristal. No entiendo por qué Trono de Cristal parece escrito por una adolescente y en cambio estos relatos, que son precuela y que escribió la autora antes, me parece, tienen mucha más calidad. Pero OK, sigamos con la saga.

trivial_reads's review against another edition

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3.0

"The Assassin's Blade" by Sarah J. Maas is a challenging book to rate because it is a compilation of several short stories, and some are much better than others. The stories follow Celaena Sardothien from being "just" an assassin to trying to make a difference and learning that no good deed goes unpunished. "The Assassin and the Pirate Lord" was good, but it took me some time to get interested in the story. "The Assassin and the Healer" is fine, and I hope that we see the healer again in the series. I loved "The Assassin and the Desert". At this point, I wanted to know more about Sam, and the remaining stories "The Assassin and the Underworld" and "The Assassin and the Empire" gave me what I asked for. The last one is quite good; I read it the fastest. It paves the way for the series, and though it doesn't start strong, the ending is powerful. A friend and I read the first three books of this series; then we returned to this one based on the internet's suggestion for "romantic" reading. It took me a long time to finish this book, perhaps because I already knew that Sam died long before I picked up this book.

tnels4's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

smash603's review against another edition

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5.0

AROBYNN, MY HANDS ARE RATED E FOR EVERYONE AND THEY ARE GRASPING FOR YOUR THROAT

riptidemigod's review against another edition

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3.0

It felt good to come back to this universe after so long !!!