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Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas

8 reviews

psychnp's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Definitely recommend the tandem read with Empire of Storms
It really offers a nice balance, they're happening concurrently, and has a few overlapping story lines that flow better

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense slow-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

Did I like this more than Empire of Storms?? Crazy. It was definitely slower paced, but felt very cohesive. I also loved that Chaol had a beautiful redemption arc- I hated him the last few books and this book actually changed my mind. I really appreciated getting to see the nuance and inner turmoil of his character. I adore Yrene and I also love Nesryn and Sartaq and felt like I was interested/invested in every plot line of this book. It ends much more hopeful than EoS so I feel like it fits in the series better before EoS if you don’t want to do the tandem read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, Racism, and Alcohol

scarlett_f's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Slavery, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tupeloallie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful slow-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Drug use, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

barbarianmissy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

How do I only have one more book to read in the SJM universe??? I’m quite cross. SJM, write more pls cause I’m gonna spiral after Kingdom of Ash. Thank you. 

As for Tower of Dawn! When I first realized this was an entire book about my enemy ka-Chaol and his gal pal Nesryn, I wasn’t thrilled. But, in the end, I was pleasantly surprised! 

This book wasn’t a crazy action packed story necessarily (mostly cause Chaol could not walk through most of it) but it was really cool going to a whole other continent and dipping my toes into a cool, complex, kind of off-the-chain culture that hadn’t been affected by the turd that is the King of Adarlan. There was a lot of political intrigue and world building that I thought was super cool. I wanna live in Antica! I wanna ride a big bird! 

As for the new characters, I loved the royal family. I loved how they were all so different and sneaky and had defined personalities and roles. I loved the different relationships and banter between them all and how they used their influence for their own gain. I’m happy they’re coming to Tessaren, I’m excited to see how they integrate with our OG team.  

I know we briefly met Yrene before but Yrene is very cool now. I love her, she fixed not only Chaols lil legs but also his shit personality. She said “I can fix him” and was one of the few women on Earth to prove herself right. She’s also just a badass on her own. Good for her! 

The love stories in this one were really well paced compared to some of the more rushed ones in Empire of Storms cause the lack of 27 main characters and different storylines, so they were really able to make it focused on them. Was it a smidge slow at times because of that fact too? Yes. Did I enjoy it overall? Also yes. 

Also, side note. I know they are side characters but I love Borte and Yeran. Their love/hate relationship is wonderful and I just like em. 

Now, for the finale of all finales…. ITS TIME FOR KINGDOM OF ASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

erafact's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.25

Did a Tandem read which i highly recommend because "tower of dawn" is alittle slow the first 3/4's of the book. so this might contain content from "Empire of Storms" or "tower of dawn".  Long time with angst and sassy-ness. Semi pointless plot until halfway through.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and War

Man is left paralyzed, and story contains the mental and physical healing from that injury. Daughter commits suicide

later found out to be murdered

and family is grieving. Pregnant woman is attacked

nerdkitten's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Racism, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Xenophobia, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Classism

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol