Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2) in Fantasy Buddy Reads

Feb 06, 2017 Olivia rated it liked it

Shelves: fantasy

I'm sorry. I was disappointed. I'm not giving up on the series, in fact I am currently reading the next book, but I was disappointed.

I thought the first 200 pages were very slow. Yes, the last chapter is amazing. Towards the end the pace really picked up and the plot got tight and interesting and that last page, wow. But, it's hard not to be disappointed when the first 200 pages are that slow.

It wasn't all disappointment. I really enjoyed finding out more about the world Sarah J. Maas is buildin ...more

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Feb 14, 2016 Franzi rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own

Uhhh, what to rate this. I kind of don't want to give it a perfect 5, but in comparison to other books I gave 5 stars to I'll have to do it.

I really enjoy the series, and this book more than book 1. The characters are great, I'm Team Chaol all the way :D It was just so fun to read, kept me reading all day long. I don't know if I'm such a big fan of the way this is going to continue in the next book, but I'll let Sarah J. Maas surprise me with awesomeness (hopefully!) ...more

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Mar 31, 2017 Shelli rated it liked it

Shelves: book-i-own, kindle, favorite-author, expected-more, in-a-series, had-to-buy-it, ya, read-in-2018

Hmmm. My first book of 2018 and I'm a bit disappointed. I liked it. There were parts I really liked, but there were also things I didn't like at all. I gave the first book in this series 2 stars. It was just ok for me and I really disliked the audio version. However, this is an author I really like. I LOVE her other series. A Court of Mist and Fury is one of my favorite books in this genre! I read so many rave reviews of this and had to at least give it a try. It was better than the first book. Hmmm. My first book of 2018 and I'm a bit disappointed. I liked it. There were parts I really liked, but there were also things I didn't like at all. I gave the first book in this series 2 stars. It was just ok for me and I really disliked the audio version. However, this is an author I really like. I LOVE her other series. A Court of Mist and Fury is one of my favorite books in this genre! I read so many rave reviews of this and had to at least give it a try. It was better than the first book. In fact, in the beginning I thought it would probably be a 4 star read. I finished this morning and I just can't do it. Parts of it were 4 star but others were 2 star so I'll meet in the middle with 3.
Celaena is a MC I have a hard time with. She is supposedly this hardass/kickass ASSASSIN, but she doesn't like killing people. In fact, she doesn't kill most of the people she is supposed to but she does kill other people. I just feel she is written too "wishy washy" and I have a hard time liking her or believing her. The book deals with very adult situations at times but then feels very "young" in some of its dialogue. I liked a lot of the secondary characters which is probably what kept me going.
I also want to mention...I like this kind of book! Kings, Queens, magic, witches, Fae, sword fights...a bit of romance, a dog!...it's all here, but it doesn't feel cohesive. Many sentences were repetitive. I found myself rereading sections just to make sure something wasn't wrong with my Kindle.
Another thing was the sentence structure...so many sentences started with "And" and "Because" that I started to count them and that was distracting.

I decided to check when these were published in comparison to the other series and this one was first. Maybe this author's writing just got that much better, I'm not sure. A couple of these are more recent so do I dare try another? I'm not sure. Maybe I just don't like these characters/storyline enough to forgive some of what bugs me.
Note: I am in the minority. I had to look thru pages of reviews before anyone rated it lower than 4 stars.
Another note: I really disliked the audio version of the first book and that held true for this one. I briefly tried the added narration and it is not good. REALLY made me not like the MC. ...more

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Apr 26, 2020 Keyona rated it really liked it

This was quite boring until the last 200 pages then it got really good.

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Jun 09, 2018 C.S. Daley rated it liked it

Shelves: teen

If you had asked me if I was going to read book three of this series I would have said no halfway through the story. Then the second half happened. It was so much better than the first half it was like it wasn't even the same book. This one is more like a 3.5 and I will give the next one a chance. ...more

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