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Throne of Glass – Die Erwählte by Sarah J. Maas

44 reviews

brittany_jean's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Scarier than I expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Drug use, Xenophobia, Violence, War, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Death, Gore, and Confinement

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I devoured this book. It was easy to follow and even the slower parts were interesting. I was kept engaged and intrigued. I love Dorian and Celaena’s witty banter. The way Chaol cares for Celaena in his own way is amazing.

Celaena and Nehemiah’s friendship is precious and I love how Elena defends Celaena.

I do wish there was a clearer distinction and more organized approach when switching POVs but it’s a fun switch.

I also thought the reveal that Cain was summoning creatures was a little predictable. I was surprised to see that Perrington was controlling him and not just influencing him.

I’m excited to see where this series goes. This was a great opener.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Gore, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief and Drug use

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, War, Torture, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

caitlyn_kittle_kinnick's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Murder, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Classism, Violence, War, and Death

pairswellwithbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

I can’t believe I waited so long to start this series. It will put me in a book coma for sure 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Cursing and Confinement

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Classism, Grief, Abandonment, Alcohol, Hate crime, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

elleclair's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, Drug use, Physical abuse, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Misogyny, and Gore

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, and Drug use

Minor: Alcohol

aammeess's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, Grief, Drug use, Addiction, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Torture, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexism, Animal death, and Misogyny

cait's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Death of parent, Gore, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Vomit, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, War, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, and Slavery

ashlynndr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Slavery, and Cursing

Minor: Torture, Drug use, Sexual content, Gore, Vomit, Physical abuse, Misogyny, and Emotional abuse

nojgli's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing sad 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

3.0

I'm going to be honest I expected better. This book wasn't bad, but it wasn't really good either. Knowing that SJM tends to write pretty mid first books in her series, I'll read the second one, hoping it gets better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Slavery, Violence, Death, Gore, Murder, and Drug use

liliana_b's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Xenophobia, Drug use, Confinement, Murder, and Death of parent