Reviews tagging 'War'

Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

158 reviews

jenniee_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.0

This was good. I feel like reading ACOTAR first gave me really high expectations but I am keeping in mind that this is the author’s first book and she began writing it when she was a teenager. I do still plan on reading the rest of the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and War

eleek0609's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Alcohol and War

krosebooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

Similar to the book Powerless. Powerless was definitely inspired by Sara J Maas. 

I tried to start this series with the assassins blade (bad idea). This book really hooked me the first part. The middle was slow for me. The last quarter of the book went by fast. I like how Maas wrote the different perspectives and switched in the same chapter. I also liked the multiple romantic interests. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

tiernanalexandria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was unlike anything I could have imagined. After reading ACOTAR, I resisted TOG thinking it was just some “warrior girl in armor fighting battles” but it was way more than that. 

There’s romance, flirting, friendship, trials, mystery and magic. 
Celaena was perfectly human (even though she was an assassin), she had feelings and urges. She has rational train of thought that made us love her, and love the people she loved. 

The trials were incredible and the mystery continues. 
We still don’t know who to root for, or who to hate. 

The book ends on a cliff hanger that leaves us hungry for more. I can’t wait to start the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, and War

laso's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and War

mrs_gale's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A great story. It didn't get 5 stars because I don't think I'd re-read it, and the pacing is a little slow at times. I also never found myself really excited to pick the book up strangely although I did like it when. I was reading it. 
Interested in seeing what the rest of the series is like though! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Death of parent, and War

jmdressel's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

very enjoyable fantasy fiction read! some classic tropes scattered throughout, and only passing moments of sexual encounters—nothing graphic or crude. plenty of mystery and a good balance of character development. i gained a sense of trust with the author that she would be giving exactly the amount of information about any character that was necessary; no more and no less. (this is helpful for gauging a character’s level of importance)

i loved all the twist and turns of story! can’t wait to read the next book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Misogyny, Xenophobia, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

bbmaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

literarymary95'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
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read the entire several years ago before it became popular from BookTok. I chose to pick it up again and realized how much I loved this book, and now that I am a more seasoned adult (I read it while in college) I am really enjoying this series again. I honestly think that this series is better than Sarah J. Mass' ACOTAR.

When I first got into Sarah J. Maas, I read the Throne of Glass series first rather than ACOTAR. However, I do think you should read the ACOTAR series first and then the Throne of Glass series because I feel like I didn't appreciate the Throne of Glass series on the first read through as much as I would have if I read that after ACOTAR.

I know a lot of people say this book is not the greatest but I think the character in the book does act like an 18-year old young woman would. Not many people can pull off 3 POVs in a book and I think SJM did it masterfully.

Oh and for those of you who don't know, this was initially written when SJM was 16 which is honestly super impressive.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Death of parent

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and War

hxlleann's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail