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A review by xcrissy67x
Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is the first Cassandra Clare book I have ever read (I know I'm not proud of it) but I will say I was slightly disappointed. I didn't dislike the book by any means but I definitely wasn't blown away or fell in love with the book.
This is the first of a duology, and the second book hasn't been released as of yet. It follows the story of Kel who was taken from his orphanage and given the role of a sword catcher to the Prince, and Lin who is also an orphan but also an Ashkar physician and one of the only female Ashkar’s to be one.
Like I mentioned at the beginning, this book isn't exactly heart stopping but it's not boring. The plot itself is rather slow which surprised me as the blurb gave me the impression of lots of action and fighting etc. Though there are a few scenes with that, none are particularly hooking and exciting. However, if you are looking for a book with a really good political world, I think you'd enjoy this book much more than I did. Majority of the action and tension was political.
As well as being more politically focused, which unfortunately isn't my type of book, the book also doesn't seem to have any main plot points. There was of course the point of the Ragpicker King offering jobs to Kel and Lin as stated in the blurb but that didn't really feel like it amounted to anything.
To be perfectly honest, the whole book just felt like it was building up to something really big and then you got to the end of the book. This build up did create intrigue, but mainly for the second book, because practically nothing happened in this book. I will admit, there was one part at the end which did have my jaw drop but looking back on it now, it feels like a quick fix to a problem that probably shouldn't be carried into the second book.
Despite all of this, the book didn't completely dull me. It wasn't exactly heart racing but I didn't get too bored for the most part. The tension building did keep me interested until I was about 500 pages in and realised that I wasn't going to get what this has been building up to. I feel like the second will be much more action packed and I might be tempted to read that when it does come out.
Another aspect that feels quite mediocre are the characters. I didn't absolutely adore and love them but I didn't hate them. They were actually rather pleasant if only a little dull at times.
I found a lot of this aspects of this book to be rather mediocre. Nothing stood out to me and I didn't fall in love with the kingdom or the characters, not was the plot particularly hooking. I think it is only appropriate that I rate the book at an equally mediocre score of 3 since that's how I felt the whole time reading this book. If you do love some good politics though, I'm sure you'll enjoy this book much more than I did.
This is the first of a duology, and the second book hasn't been released as of yet. It follows the story of Kel who was taken from his orphanage and given the role of a sword catcher to the Prince, and Lin who is also an orphan but also an Ashkar physician and one of the only female Ashkar’s to be one.
Like I mentioned at the beginning, this book isn't exactly heart stopping but it's not boring. The plot itself is rather slow which surprised me as the blurb gave me the impression of lots of action and fighting etc. Though there are a few scenes with that, none are particularly hooking and exciting. However, if you are looking for a book with a really good political world, I think you'd enjoy this book much more than I did. Majority of the action and tension was political.
As well as being more politically focused, which unfortunately isn't my type of book, the book also doesn't seem to have any main plot points. There was of course the point of the Ragpicker King offering jobs to Kel and Lin as stated in the blurb but that didn't really feel like it amounted to anything.
To be perfectly honest, the whole book just felt like it was building up to something really big and then you got to the end of the book. This build up did create intrigue, but mainly for the second book, because practically nothing happened in this book. I will admit, there was one part at the end which did have my jaw drop but looking back on it now, it feels like a quick fix to a problem that probably shouldn't be carried into the second book.
Despite all of this, the book didn't completely dull me. It wasn't exactly heart racing but I didn't get too bored for the most part. The tension building did keep me interested until I was about 500 pages in and realised that I wasn't going to get what this has been building up to. I feel like the second will be much more action packed and I might be tempted to read that when it does come out.
Another aspect that feels quite mediocre are the characters. I didn't absolutely adore and love them but I didn't hate them. They were actually rather pleasant if only a little dull at times.
I found a lot of this aspects of this book to be rather mediocre. Nothing stood out to me and I didn't fall in love with the kingdom or the characters, not was the plot particularly hooking. I think it is only appropriate that I rate the book at an equally mediocre score of 3 since that's how I felt the whole time reading this book. If you do love some good politics though, I'm sure you'll enjoy this book much more than I did.