Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Dec 02, 2015 Renata rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, fiction, fantasy

It took me a little while to get into this but ahhh, so fun! There are a lot of familiar fantasy tropes and characters in here but it was just so fun I kept going. I liked that Maas assumes that you'll understand the tropes she's using without needing to fill in a ton of world-building... I think a certain type of fantasy fan would likely want way more info about the magic (or lack thereof) and political unrest happening here, but for me I was like, "great, I get it, let's move on, thanks!"

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Feb 02, 2012 Megan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fantasy

This was going to be a 3.5 because it spends too much time on the love triangle, but I bumped it up because it has a (view spoiler).

That being said, this is the latest teen assassin book I've read. Not the best, but up there. Celaena is wonderful - snarky, flirtatious, and a survivor. Despite being something most of us will never be, I found her very relatable. She has more to her than just killing people. I liked most of the rest of the cast, especially the rebellious ...more

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May 31, 2017 eb rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fiction, audio-book, fantasy, female-protagonist, faeries, multiple-viewpoints, female-author, female-narrator-audio

Utter shit as a narrative and in terms of narration, which sounded, bizarrely, as if the reader were performing a valley girl imitation for almost every character, with the occasional exception for male characters (which sounded like a six year old imitating Dad), and the one explicitly non-white character, who was both described and performed like a stereotypical "wise other."

I tried this Maas title because of the fervor around the series's final installment, but was yet again disappointed. Va ...more

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Oct 19, 2014 Meg rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy, not-so-good, listened-on-audiobook

2024: re-read this in an attempt to make my way through all of the Maas books. Glad I gave it a second chance a decade later. Reading this in line with The Everygirl recommended reading order: https://theeverygirl.com/sarah-j-maas...

2014: Whiney. Inconsistent. Shallow and superficial. Predictable. ...more

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Mar 28, 2024 Brenda rated it liked it · review of another edition

So far, this is my least favorite SJM series. Don’t get me wrong, it was an enjoyable, candy-like read, but it’s definitely YA, definitely a first book, and definitely written by a teenager. I’ll keep reading the series, but so far I prefer the more mature writing of the Crescent City series.

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