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A review by bibliorama
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
slow-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
4.5
Enjoyment - 4.5
This is definitely one of my favorites from the whole series and one of my favs out of all her books.
Start - 5
Characters - 5
Only having the 3 povs really helped this book imo. The plot kept at a good clip while still being able to fit introspective character moments into it rather than being rushed by too many povs with plots (EoS I'm looking at you).
Atmosphere - 4
I loved that the Southern Continent was able to be built from the ground up rather than beholden to younger sjm world building decisions. I think sjm grew as a writer in this book. There were so many little details that I really appreciated.
Plot - 4.5
Ending - 4
The villain monolog was a bit over-the-top, but I'll live with it.
Style - 4
Overall - 4.5
P.S. the baby ruk deserved more justice than what it got, forever rip
This is definitely one of my favorites from the whole series and one of my favs out of all her books.
Start - 5
Characters - 5
Only having the 3 povs really helped this book imo. The plot kept at a good clip while still being able to fit introspective character moments into it rather than being rushed by too many povs with plots (EoS I'm looking at you).
Atmosphere - 4
I loved that the Southern Continent was able to be built from the ground up rather than beholden to younger sjm world building decisions. I think sjm grew as a writer in this book. There were so many little details that I really appreciated.
Plot - 4.5
Ending - 4
The villain monolog was a bit over-the-top, but I'll live with it.
Style - 4
Overall - 4.5
P.S. the baby ruk deserved more justice than what it got, forever rip
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Ableism, Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy
I can't exactly speak to how well done or not the disability rep was since I am not. I put it as minor ableism for Chaols thoughts somewhat at the beginning, but I never felt that the book really harped on him being lesser or anything like that and the book does explicitly counter that belief. But again, better to see a review from humans who have that first hand experience, sonI put a trigger warning there just in case.