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Tower of Thorns by Juliet Marillier

7 reviews

mysana's review against another edition

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2.0

I really just don’t think Marilliner’s style works for me. 

The core of the book is too long and slow for me (with so little learned or gained!) and then the ending is too fast and short. Some plot threads seemed so obvious so immediately to me that I found it hard to not see Blackthorn as missing the obvious. And honestly, I just didn’t like the plot at the center of the story, same as Dreamer’s Pool. Part of my want to read the third book to see the longer plot threads wrapped up but ugh. We’ll see. 

I did really like Grim and Blackthorn as characters, and I liked Grim's arc in this story. I think Marilliner does a good job on description and scenery, which I don't usually notice, but I do have a sense of place of where this story took place, which is impressive. 

”she was as mad as a half-witted dog at full moon. Did what she wanted and didn’t give a fig about anyone else” not a satisfying conclusion to 400 pages of the question “what’s the curse of the tower of thorns”!!!


I really liked the small fae in this story. I think the screaming was part of why Blackthorn wasn't as on top of it as usual, but I don't really enjoy reading characters being incompetent. Even if there's a good reason for it, it's just less satisfying than them being competent imo?
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geekmom's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

An interesting story with a satisfying ending. There are times when I feel like I can see the author pulling the strings just a bit too much but that’s my only complaint here. On to book three!
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kirstym25's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

5.0

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kirstym25's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-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

5.0

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katethecurst's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-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

4.0

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aseel_reads's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-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

3.5

this was a fun fantasy, quite slow and predictable. I enjoyed learning more about grim and I'm interested to see where his and Blackthorn's story goes next. wish there was more of a plot in this one 
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moeckles's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-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

I love this series so much I honestly can't handle it. Will be picking up Den of Wolves as soon as I can!! Possible more coherent review to come, but, honestly, I don't know what else to say, I just love Blackthorn and Grim so much 😭
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