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sami_leigh's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The novella format can be difficult to sink your teeth into, but all becomes clear in the final story. The protagonist does develop though isn’t what I would call ‘likeable’ or ‘relatable’ yet. It will be interesting to see this development carry through into the novel series as we gain further context for her behaviour in these stories.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Confinement and Torture
mariareviews's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-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? It's complicated
3.0
If I may be honest with all, I don’t understand what’s happening. These books promised the universe with all its stars and are currently delivering —at most— a ‘meh’ story. Although I’m truly in love with the worldbuilding and the characters, The Assassin’s Blade fails to deliver something different to what we already know.
Yeah, it is an entertaining book, but most of it is just boring words and stories that we already know about. The only interesting part that I truly enjoyed was The Assassin and The Desert and part of me wishes that it ended with her just remembering her story and going to Endovier instead of getting this weak teenager love story.
Also, there’s more chemistry between me and doing homework than between Sam and Celaena.
I must add that I’m getting incredibly tired and frustrated by the vomiting. Like once or twice sure go off BUT EVERY BOOK HAS AT LEAST A MENTION OF VOMIT and I’m not someone that gets the icky feeling when reading/seeing vomit but I’m TIRED that SJM doesn’t have other ways of describing disgust aside from “x person vomited” or “I vomited” like tf
Oh! Can we all get to the conclusion that Celaena’s hatred towards Lysandra is mostly —if not completely— internalised misogyny?
If Queen of Shadows is as boring as the past two books, I’m literally going to cry.
Yeah, it is an entertaining book, but most of it is just boring words and stories that we already know about. The only interesting part that I truly enjoyed was The Assassin and The Desert and part of me wishes that it ended with her just remembering her story and going to Endovier instead of getting this weak teenager love story.
Also, there’s more chemistry between me and doing homework than between Sam and Celaena.
I must add that I’m getting incredibly tired and frustrated by the vomiting. Like once or twice sure go off BUT EVERY BOOK HAS AT LEAST A MENTION OF VOMIT and I’m not someone that gets the icky feeling when reading/seeing vomit but I’m TIRED that SJM doesn’t have other ways of describing disgust aside from “x person vomited” or “I vomited” like tf
Oh! Can we all get to the conclusion that Celaena’s hatred towards Lysandra is mostly —if not completely— internalised misogyny?
If Queen of Shadows is as boring as the past two books, I’m literally going to cry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny and Torture
Minor: Vomit