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A review by opalmars
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
yet another sapphic book I did not care about… will I ever find a wlw book I love? I’m starting to lose hope…
I was suuuuper excited to read “The Jasmine Throne”. I literally waited for the 3rd book to come out so I could binge the entire series. I was CERTAIN I’d like it! Well……… I didn’t even like it enough to read book 2, let alone the whole trilogy. 🫠
The plot was… something. I couldn’t really tell you much about the story, because honestly it mostly felt like we were just doing whatever. It didn’t feel like there was an overarching goal or main plot thread to follow, which made the story a little difficult to get into. Like, if I don’t know what the characters are trying to achieve, why would I care? This book felt like a reeeeally long introduction to what could be a great story. But, I’m sorry. A 530+ page long introduction is just… Boring. To me, this book read more like a setup for book 2 instead of a story in itself.
At every turn it seemed like the story was about to get interesting, that something BIG was finally gonna happen. But nope. The characters just kept doing little side quests here and there. I still didn’t know what the plot of the book was supposed to be because there was no main plot to follow, and even now, having finished the book, I couldn’t summarize the story for you, because, like,,,,,,, what story????? The only reason I got through this book so quickly is because I listened to the audiobook (which was really good!). But even then, I have to say that the last 20% I listened at 2,5x speed and lowkey dozed off… 🫣 Irrelevant side characters were dying, the stakes were (supposedly) high, things were finally happening… but I just felt zero urgency. I was BORED and at that point I didn’t care about what happened.
The characters were cool and I did enjoy them individually, but I would’ve liked to follow them doing something interesting instead of just meandering with no overarching goal. 🫤 I also didn’t care at all about the relationships. Priya’s relationship with that little boy Rukh was just boring to me. And I sure as hell didn’t care about her bff Sima, who was barely in the book. The romance was also really lackluster, in my opinion. They just started crushing on each other for no reason and I never felt any of the tension or the butterflies. Fucking whatever. 🙄🙄🙄
I did enjoy the world and the magic system. It’s a shame this book was just a boring introduction to a grand story, instead of being an actual story itself, because I’d love to read more about this world.
The writing was mostly alright, though I did have a couple of issues. Firstly, it sometimes was hard to understand when we were in a flashback. I don’t think the author always did a good job differentiating the timelines. Secondly, it was sometimes hard to visualize some of the characters. Like, Prem, Santosh, Rao, Ashok, Vikram and Aditya were just names on the page, to me. Either their appearances weren’t described that well, or they were only mentioned once in passing and I somehow managed to skip or forget about all of their descriptions. Whatever. It’s not like I really cared, tbh.
I was suuuuper excited to read “The Jasmine Throne”. I literally waited for the 3rd book to come out so I could binge the entire series. I was CERTAIN I’d like it! Well……… I didn’t even like it enough to read book 2, let alone the whole trilogy. 🫠
The plot was… something. I couldn’t really tell you much about the story, because honestly it mostly felt like we were just doing whatever. It didn’t feel like there was an overarching goal or main plot thread to follow, which made the story a little difficult to get into. Like, if I don’t know what the characters are trying to achieve, why would I care? This book felt like a reeeeally long introduction to what could be a great story. But, I’m sorry. A 530+ page long introduction is just… Boring. To me, this book read more like a setup for book 2 instead of a story in itself.
At every turn it seemed like the story was about to get interesting, that something BIG was finally gonna happen. But nope. The characters just kept doing little side quests here and there. I still didn’t know what the plot of the book was supposed to be because there was no main plot to follow, and even now, having finished the book, I couldn’t summarize the story for you, because, like,,,,,,, what story????? The only reason I got through this book so quickly is because I listened to the audiobook (which was really good!). But even then, I have to say that the last 20% I listened at 2,5x speed and lowkey dozed off… 🫣 Irrelevant side characters were dying, the stakes were (supposedly) high, things were finally happening… but I just felt zero urgency. I was BORED and at that point I didn’t care about what happened.
The characters were cool and I did enjoy them individually, but I would’ve liked to follow them doing something interesting instead of just meandering with no overarching goal. 🫤 I also didn’t care at all about the relationships. Priya’s relationship with that little boy Rukh was just boring to me. And I sure as hell didn’t care about her bff Sima, who was barely in the book. The romance was also really lackluster, in my opinion. They just started crushing on each other for no reason and I never felt any of the tension or the butterflies. Fucking whatever. 🙄🙄🙄
I did enjoy the world and the magic system. It’s a shame this book was just a boring introduction to a grand story, instead of being an actual story itself, because I’d love to read more about this world.
The writing was mostly alright, though I did have a couple of issues. Firstly, it sometimes was hard to understand when we were in a flashback. I don’t think the author always did a good job differentiating the timelines. Secondly, it was sometimes hard to visualize some of the characters. Like, Prem, Santosh, Rao, Ashok, Vikram and Aditya were just names on the page, to me. Either their appearances weren’t described that well, or they were only mentioned once in passing and I somehow managed to skip or forget about all of their descriptions. Whatever. It’s not like I really cared, tbh.