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Trono de cristal by Sarah J. Maas

60 reviews

ladydeathnesta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I enjoyed this book, despite what others said about it being slow or boring compared to the rest of the series. It was a fun beginning to what has become one of my favorite series ever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

All of the content warnings are really for the whole series, as I can’t remember specifics to everything in this book.

britwalsh16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Starting this series after finishing ACOTAR, I was expecting a very similiar world. And though I can see the similarities, it is very different. Best way to describe it is that TOG is a dystopian version of the world in ACOTAR. & so far, I am here for it. 
I like the characters, I like the world, and I love reading stories like this one and ACOTAR, that are led by some very basass women! I can’t wait to dive deeper into it all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

jrdnltrn's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Despite some occasionally flawed writing, I love this series and I love

aelin

I cry everytime I read the series through. 5 stars for that.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and Classism

haileybones's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

A decidedly mid-tier fantasy book that reads like a mix between Hunger Games and ACOTAR. I like Hunger Games, but bailed on ACOTAR after two books. I think if you liked both series, you'll like this a lot. If you liked neither, definitely don't bother.

Sword of Glass' main character suffers from a mild case of not-like-other-girls syndrome. All the characters are a little bland and wooden and predictable. There are too many named characters who don't matter at all and die with little payoff. The plot is a bit meandering with several slow spots (including, curiously, the last several chapters). I just didn't really feel anything while I was reading, but I was reasonably entertained.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

kamrynkoble's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Finally! I have read Throne of Glass. Read this one as a buddy read with Danielle (and coincidently at the same time as my cousin Tori)! That always makes it more fun. 

I don’t have anything to say that has not already been said by my friends here, let alone every other reviewer. I think I’ve been “primed” for TOG so much that I knew exactly what to expect and wasn’t disappointed. 

I’m excited to see where it goes from here. At this moment, I am glad that I read Assassin’s Blade first. I have literally no opinion on the love triangle men yet, but hey, I’ll always take a captain of the guard and a Crown Prince. 

Royalty-based, medieval-feeling romantasy always does it for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Sexism, Slavery, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

rae1ear's review against another edition

adventurous challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Sexism, and Vomit

kdk1898's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexism and War

Minor: Rape

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Slavery, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and War

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

As I had come to expect based on what I'd heard from friends, this first book in ToG is not nearly as gripping as SJM's other series. The writing is not as good and the characters and their dialogue don't read quite as authentically. But I'm excited to see how the rest of the series plays out because the world building is there. Also that ending was a doozy. Definitely didn't plan on being up so late reading so much of the end in one night.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Classism

caleb_makes's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

There was one scene near the end that was good but the rest was pretty mediocre imho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol