From the Bookshelf of YAholics Anonymous!…

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: August 4, 2014

Finish date: August 30, 2014

Discussion: Group Read

Why we're reading this: You Pick, I Pick Winners' Choice …more
[close] You Pick, I Pick Winners' Choice

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 9 topics — 90 comments total

Group Read

December's Book of the Month: The Winner's Curse by Marie Rutkoski
By Riya · 2 posts · 6 views

last updated Dec 06, 2014 07:58PM

December's Book of the Month: Where She Went by Gayle Forman
By Riya · 1 post · 6 views

last updated Dec 06, 2014 06:03PM

showing 8 of 8 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Mar 10, 2014 Bette rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book.... So you know when you are reading a book and then you get an awful feeling like something bad is about to happen so you close the book and refuse to read on because you don't like where the book is going... yeah I felt that with this book.

Don't get me wrong I LOVED the book. But I feel so... betrayed. Everything I didn't want to happen, happened. I knew where the story was going, knew some of the twists (many I didn't expect and others I was confused about) but many of them I kinda This book.... So you know when you are reading a book and then you get an awful feeling like something bad is about to happen so you close the book and refuse to read on because you don't like where the book is going... yeah I felt that with this book.

Don't get me wrong I LOVED the book. But I feel so... betrayed. Everything I didn't want to happen, happened. I knew where the story was going, knew some of the twists (many I didn't expect and others I was confused about) but many of them I kinda figured out from the first book, just not the actual details.

*spoiler... kind of*

If you read till the end - yeah I knew the secret she had been hiding, I figured it out from the first book... I just didn't know it was THAT big of a secret.I also figured out most of the puzzles and clues dotted along the way (not that it was hard to, but it just felt a little predictable).

As for the love triangle, I did change my mind on who I liked more but this book also made me realise which one I wanted her to be with in the end. The love triangle is much more complicated than I realised though and it is one of the best triangles I have read... but then again I don't read many books where a love triangle makes up a lot of the plot. I have to say though this is woven so much into the story it would be hard not to have a love triangle since the 3 main characters (Celeana, Dorian & Chaol) are so much more developed and focused on their stories rather than Celeana and her immaturities.

Celeana is a difficult one. I do find her a little immature, as I did in the previous book. But I also have much more empathy and can understand why she is the way she is. I have so much more care for her than I realised.

There is also one bit I kinda skimmed because I found it a bit far-fetched and that is a character called Mort(I know out of everything in this book I found him to be the least believable... weird huh?) but as I read more and more of his encounters he grew on me so much I can't imagine the story without him. But I like those weird characters that most people dismiss. I guess I am weird like that.

If you liked the first book, this one is definitely better and much more emotional. There are some... weak parts but you can easily overlook or even forget about them. ...more

Like · see review

Nov 14, 2016 Jannah rated it really liked it

This was more like a 3.5 stars but the ending was so good I had to up it for good reads! So at first the book made all my dreams come true, I was loving it. But then shit hit the fan, and everything Celaena did made me upset. Like I was contemplating my feelings about her. I still kind of am, but the ending was so amazing! I WAS NOT expecting that.
and now I am looking forward to the next book to see how this is going to unfold.

Like · see review

May 18, 2020 Kathleen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Re read 5/18/20: Everytime I read this book my heart breaks for these characters. But also so many secrets are reveled and the plot really gets juicy. As always I loved it and now it's on to the next.. ...more

Like · see review

Jun 14, 2014 Anna rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites-shelf, favorite-authors

Absolute fantasy perfection!

Chaol <3<3<3

I pretty much guessed that punch line about half way through the book but it was still awesome read at the end. Good thing book 3 is already out, because I'd probably rant about the ending if not!

Definitely one of my top new favorite series of the year!

**********************************************************************

I'm immensely enjoying my reread-athon of the Throne of Glass series, it's great being back with these characters and I can't wait to rea ...more

Like · see review

Feb 17, 2018 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, reread

UGH IT’S JUST SO GOOD. I’m doing my reread and I forgot how emotional these books are! Ugh I freaking ship Celaena and Chaol so hard IT KILLS ME. And what an ending. I mean no human being on this earth can read that ending and not read the next book.

Like · see review

Dec 21, 2014 Kathleen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: faves

Holy guacamole! She's even more badass than I thought she was!! This book just was a perfect continuation of the first... and though this book was heartbreaking, in more ways than one.. I am eager to start the next book in this amazing series!! ...more

Like · see review