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Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

26 reviews

ariellenicole's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault

samanthasrose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

Sarah J. Maas books have a way of capturing your heart. Throne of Glass is no different! The characters are complex, lovable, and captivating. I hold this book and the entire ACOTAR series dear to my heart. I can’t wait to continue this series!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Sexual assault

Some subtle mentions/allusions to S.A.

ylimesnwot's review against another edition

adventurous 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, and War

Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

britwalsh16'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Starting this series after finishing ACOTAR, I was expecting a very similiar world. And though I can see the similarities, it is very different. Best way to describe it is that TOG is a dystopian version of the world in ACOTAR. & so far, I am here for it. 
I like the characters, I like the world, and I love reading stories like this one and ACOTAR, that are led by some very basass women! I can’t wait to dive deeper into it all!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

haileybones's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.5

A decidedly mid-tier fantasy book that reads like a mix between Hunger Games and ACOTAR. I like Hunger Games, but bailed on ACOTAR after two books. I think if you liked both series, you'll like this a lot. If you liked neither, definitely don't bother.

Sword of Glass' main character suffers from a mild case of not-like-other-girls syndrome. All the characters are a little bland and wooden and predictable. There are too many named characters who don't matter at all and die with little payoff. The plot is a bit meandering with several slow spots (including, curiously, the last several chapters). I just didn't really feel anything while I was reading, but I was reasonably entertained.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and War

cameronmh's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Great story, classic Sarah J Maas combination of court intrigue, romance, magic, and combat. Almost gave it 4.5 but then subtracted a quarter star because of all of the anti-corset bits that really rubbed me the wrong way. I listened to a solid 3 hours of the audiobook while wearing a corset, and I can tell you for dang sure my ribs were not being crushed!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

There is poison! Both a theoretical poisoning (a controlled environment, but still theoretically very dangerous) and a second scene with a purposeful poisoning with an agent that can cause death. There are also hallucinations (which end up to be technically real) caused by the poisoning.

heathersinkwell's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.25

This book was super enjoyable. It was mysterious and had excellent character development. I read this as the first book of SEVEN. I'm not expecting it to move quickly or be wildly engaging right off the bat. I'm expecting it to lay the foundation. 

Also, keep in mind this is a YA book, not an adult fantasy book. It's comparable to GoT but it's not GoT (which is adult fantasy). There is a decent amount of telling, not showing. Again, I expect that in a YA book. 

People complain about Celaena being whiney or "not assassin-like."

She acts like a CLASSIC 18-19-year-old girl. She didn't WANT to be an assassin. She STILL doesn't want to be an assassin. She had no choice and then was surprised with her training bill. She explicitly states this - she wanted to be a healer, but then her family was slaughtered and Arobynn found her frozen in a river. She wants legit freedom and being the best assassin was her only way out. Of course, she's going to act like a normal 18-19-year-old and choose to behave like an atypical assassin. She never wanted it in the first place and still doesn't want it.

So, despite the hype, I tempered my expectations and enjoyed the book for what it is. I'm excited to read the rest of the series!

Tropes:
-enemies to lovers
-love triangle
-chosen one
-banned magic 
-good vs evil
-reluctant hero
-orphan hero

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Slavery, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, and Sexual harassment

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny slow-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

imds's review against another edition

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and War

vendy_kha's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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 will never not be grateful for what Celaena did for me... That character brought me back from the lowest, we dug deeper together before we rose from the ashes we're still shaking off but I'm in love. I'm in love with how this fictional world became more wonderful to me than that of LOTR or GOT... personal opinion but there's such greatness behind those words. Many people would try to shut this book down but there's more of those that actually give the young assassin with a shattered heart a chance... To thread the darkness together until you find your light

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery

This book as Crown of Midnight, Heir of Fire & Assassin's Blade are all Young Adult... The rest isn't... The series is beyond worth being read book to book without a break