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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: July 1, 2014

Finish date: July 31, 2014

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Aug 01, 2015 Justin rated it really liked it

Overall, I loved the Throne of Glass. There is a lot of action, and the characters are very lively and can really jump out of the pages at you as you are reading them. I love when authors put so much life into their characters.

It makes books so much more enjoyable to read. While I loved all the action and the depth of the characters, I did feel like there were slight pacing issues. I can usually overlook them, but with a book that is focused on a lot of action oriented scenarios, I found it har Overall, I loved the Throne of Glass. There is a lot of action, and the characters are very lively and can really jump out of the pages at you as you are reading them. I love when authors put so much life into their characters.

It makes books so much more enjoyable to read. While I loved all the action and the depth of the characters, I did feel like there were slight pacing issues. I can usually overlook them, but with a book that is focused on a lot of action oriented scenarios, I found it hard to just ignore the pacing issues.

Celaena has become one of my new favorite heroines. She is truly an incredible character in every aspect. She is strong willed and very open about when it comes to expressing her thoughts to people she has encounters with throughout the book. I felt as though this was a very important part of her personality, and it really helped to make her a character you can easily become attached to.

I will never like love triangles. I’m sorry. I will not argue that sometimes they are written very well, but I will never like them beyond appreciating the ones that are well written. Throne of Glass is no exception.

Regardless of how much I love the characters on an individual level, I despise the love triangle. I just never understand the need for these. I always feel like the books that have them can be so much better if the authors don’t focus on something so silly, and put that focus into other aspects of the book while allowing just one prominent relationship to play out without all of the added drama that comes with a love triangle.

It really aggravates me when we can have such a fantastic book such as Throne of Glass but whenever you see people talk about the book a lot of it is just about what “team” the person is on which is essentially just them saying which boy they wish Celaena would pick. While that is fine, I find it highly annoying when there is so much you can focus on instead.

I honestly don’t care about the relationship between Celaena and Chaol OR Dorian. It’s not an important part of the book for me, and quite frankly I don’t feel as though any of it is truly important to the success of the story. Celaena on her own is such a strong and amazing character that I feel the idea of this love triangle between all of the characters just really diminishes some of that spotlight on her, and I wish that didn’t happen.

I am never opposed to romance in books, but I am when I feel is damages the integrity of a character that is already so strong on their own. A lot of the romance in Throne of Glass feels like it was just thrown in there to make the story appeal to more people than it would if it wasn’t there.

I am really glad that I finally got around to starting this series. I think that overall Sarah did an amazing job with this book. Aside from the minor issues with pacing, I am looking forward to continuing the series, and seeing how things might improve as the series goes on. ...more

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Aug 11, 2014 Sofia rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, series, ya

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The main character of “Throne of Glass”, Celaena has become the world’s greatest assassin at the ripe old age of seventeen.
Wait, what?
That’s ridiculous. Seventeen is way too young to be the world’s best anything unless it’s something that specifically requires to be very young to be skilled. And since Celaena thinks this of one of her competitors, we can rest assured that that is not the case with assassins.
Assassin indeed. His voice hasn’t even deepened yet. How did ...more

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Oct 24, 2021 Angela Blount rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy

I keep hearing this is supposed to be a retelling of Cinderella. But even in retrospect, I'm having trouble seeing how any part of it might have been inspired by the traditional fairy tale.
I mean... there's some talk of the Fae. So I guess that's in a vaguely similar vein. And it's pretty dark, as YA fantasy goes. So maybe it once spent five minutes in the same room as Grimm's Fairy Tales. >.>

Celaena isn't the easiest MC to connect with. She often poses the disposition of a fairly normal (and ...more

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Feb 15, 2018 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, reread

HECK YES, it lived up to the hype! And I've heard each book is better than the last, so I'm excited to read the rest! ...more

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Jan 26, 2020 📖 Yazzie 📚 rated it liked it · review of another edition

Good book, Loved that Celaena was a pretty vibrant and powerful character. She was simultaneously like a child but also an assassin. Like she every much showed her age unless she was fighting or doing assassin things.
I also loved Dorien and Chaol, as well as Nehemia. Gotta admit I kinda hated everyones names cos they were a little weird and would pull me from the story while I tried to remember how they were pronounced, but the characters themselves were very cool.
I do with there had been a bit ...more

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Jan 06, 2018 Damyanti Biswas rated it liked it

Fast read, good descriptions and dialogue, but the main character is an assassin who doesn't kill any humans in the duration of the novel. Did not find her credible or likable.

It was recommended by a friend as a light read, and I read it at one sitting, but don't think I'm the intended audience.

Venturing no further into the series. ...more

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Jul 21, 2014 Kathleen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: faves

Again this is just one of those books that I wish I could give way more than five stars too. Celaena Sardothien is a badass through and through! She bears the weight of so much pain yet she still is young in so many ways. She made me laugh, she made me cry, and she is true warrior! I'm kinda mad that I waited so long to read this, but now that I have I have a new favorite heroine.. Sarah J Maas IS A TRUE GENIUS! ...more

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