A review by ernis
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas

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

3.5

While I enjoyed most of all the TOG, I preferred the beginning of the TOG series to its ending. A lot of the latter books, including this one and TOD, felt drawn out. I felt like this one could've been reduced by at least 1/3; while Maas writes great prose and descriptions, I feel like a lot of it was unnecessary. The conclusion felt rather unrealistic to me, though there were scenes with some of the minor heros that I really liked.
I personally had a hard time with the gory descriptions that were so prevalent in the first 200 pages of the novel.
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