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A review by allonsythornraxx
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
adventurous
3.0
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04/03/2024
3 ⭐
Did... did I just enjoy Throne of Glass for the first time in the year of our lord 2024? I have no idea what's going on inside my brain but I'm not going to complain!
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03/04/2021
2.5 ⭐
I still stand by my original review saying that this is completely overhyped, though over the last few years it's certainly dropped in the "hype" factor, so I don't know how important that aspect is to be honest.
That being said, I definitely enjoyed this more this time around, though the magic did come as a shock to me. I thought of this more as a grungy assassin story involving a competition and it turned out to be a very cleaned up version of that + some magical elements that I'm assuming will evolve throughout the series.
I will say, my biggest "critique", that's barely a critique and more of a personal preference, with this book was that I really wish it had been less clean and more grungy and that we'd really gotten to see how good of an assassin Celeana is. This was very much a 2012 YA take on an assassin where I would have preferred to see what could happen if SJM had unleashed that aspect of the character a bit more.
Also, a note on the love triangle (because of course there's a love triangle), I don't like either of these boys and I genuinely don't understand how you can even call it a love triangle with so little chemistry between any of the characters.
21/12/2015
2 ⭐
Okay, I have only ever heard praise for this book and I can't say that I understand what all the hype is about. Celaena Sardothien is soo annoying and I really wasn't a big fan of any of the characters and couldn't connect with any of them. All I can say is that I didn't enjoy any part of this but, I've heard that the series is meant to get much better. I own all of the books so I'll try to finish the series but I'm not looking forward to it.
04/03/2024
3 ⭐
Did... did I just enjoy Throne of Glass for the first time in the year of our lord 2024? I have no idea what's going on inside my brain but I'm not going to complain!
my pinterest board
03/04/2021
2.5 ⭐
I still stand by my original review saying that this is completely overhyped, though over the last few years it's certainly dropped in the "hype" factor, so I don't know how important that aspect is to be honest.
That being said, I definitely enjoyed this more this time around, though the magic did come as a shock to me. I thought of this more as a grungy assassin story involving a competition and it turned out to be a very cleaned up version of that + some magical elements that I'm assuming will evolve throughout the series.
I will say, my biggest "critique", that's barely a critique and more of a personal preference, with this book was that I really wish it had been less clean and more grungy and that we'd really gotten to see how good of an assassin Celeana is. This was very much a 2012 YA take on an assassin where I would have preferred to see what could happen if SJM had unleashed that aspect of the character a bit more.
Also, a note on the love triangle (because of course there's a love triangle), I don't like either of these boys and I genuinely don't understand how you can even call it a love triangle with so little chemistry between any of the characters.
21/12/2015
2 ⭐
Okay, I have only ever heard praise for this book and I can't say that I understand what all the hype is about. Celaena Sardothien is soo annoying and I really wasn't a big fan of any of the characters and couldn't connect with any of them. All I can say is that I didn't enjoy any part of this but, I've heard that the series is meant to get much better. I own all of the books so I'll try to finish the series but I'm not looking forward to it.
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