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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

67 reviews

oleducky's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Violence

allydoessomereading's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

The first book I read in the TOG series. So much fun and always such loveable characters. I'm so excited to see where this story goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Body horror, Death, and Blood

withlovecate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

why is dorian so relevant in this book?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, and Body horror

liesthemoontells's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

A solid fantasy debut that is mainly consistent with its worldbuilding, although some of the characters' choices feel inconsistent.

Does a great job of introducing its characters and setting the scene for the saga ahead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Torture, Drug use, Genocide, Physical abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: War and Slavery

Minor: Animal death

lil_mushroom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.25

this was a good book, it had everything in it that i love, romance, mystery, adventure and more.
The only i didn't like about it was how it randomly changed perspective and didn't tell who's it was. Some of the characters were really irritating, and being really oblvious. Besides that this was a good book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

amandafitz's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Vomit

merrow's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

It’sa good story with characters who are enjoyable to read.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Vomit, War, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Death of parent, and Genocide

leonormsousa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Say what you want about Sarah J. Maas but I haven't been this glued to a book in a long time.
It was great and exactly what I needed right now.
Was a bit too predictable at times? Sure. But it was still pretty good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, Misogyny, Bullying, Body horror, Genocide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Slavery, Sexism, War, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Blood, and Murder

smnthstrrlwd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

If Throne of Glass is setting the pace for the series, readers are in for a treat (myself included!) I adored this book and, honestly, could not put it down. It had everything a romantasy book should have: a heroic maiden, a love interest, a sidekick, a bestie, a mystery to solve, and some remarkably evil characters. TOG took a turn into more fantastical fantasy than the other SJM books I've read (yes, more fantastical than fairies and majestic kingdoms) which I appreciated from a world-building POV and look forward to learning more about. The turn itself reminded me a lot of the writing techniques Stephen King uses where his story seems completely plausible and well rooted in "reality" until one aspect is revealed that turns the story into a fantasy. 

What The Assassin's Blade did for setting the tone of Celaena's character development, Throne of Glass has done for the tone of the entire series. I think that it developed at a great pace without feeling rushed and had all of my favorite elements of an SJM book including the most delicious tension-building that one could ask for. I am squealing with delight over the fact that I have six more books to read in this series!

Similarly to how ACOTAR progressed and my emotional interest in characters grew to include more than Feyre, I'm now not only invested in Celaena's story but also the stories of her friends. As the series progresses, I cannot wait to see how certain relationships – both good and bad – pan out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Colonisation, Violence, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Slavery

autumnalcreature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Violence, Genocide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Grief

Minor: Colonisation and Classism