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sk8r2natls's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Slavery, Vomit, and War
tguccione'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
3.5
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Animal death and Suicide attempt
annadelreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
“We all bear scars. Mine just happen to be more visible than most.”
Celaena Sardothien, a bad-ass female assassin. Whenever she thinks about killing someone with x steps, I get the shivers because I know that she definitely can. That's how bad-ass she is even though she was a salt miner for almost a year.
So this story is the continuation of The Assassin's Blade story if you end up reading it first (which I did hehe). It showed the challenges Calaena faced in order to win the competition and be the King's Champion. As I've previously mentioned in the TAB's review, the world-building was pretty fast: here's a world where there used to be magic but then ten years ago, Adarlan's king banned it and kill people who does, but he's currently holding a competition where different types of people, specifically killers and murderers, have to compete to be the King's Champion. They literally shoved us into the world just like that. I did have fun though specially since I'm able to jump from one character to another - the POV changes every once in a while although the focus would be Calaena's. I love the love triangle between Calaena, Dorian and Chaol, so that's a nice touch. It's an adjustment for me since I pretty much live for romance books but this one is fantasy and plot heavy. I also get to see the Adarlan's assassin befriend someone. I know it's an eight-book series so I guess there would be blanks here and there that would be solved in the later part of the series but there's so many questions that I'm so tempted to just search off the web and it's itching my curiosity so much. Lesson learned from ACOTAR though, try not to because you wouldn't know if someone had died and you'll be spoiled.
Got a little question at the end of the story:
Also, I can see why The Assassin's Blade should be the first book to read. There has been parts in the book where Calaena was pertaining to certain events that were explained/told through the five short stories of TAB.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War
Moderate: Gore, Blood, and Medical content
Minor: Sexual harassment
emysonne's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and War
Minor: Rape and Sexual violence
helfire124's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
lelodo13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship
renewed_reader's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Vomit
fedorkable's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
celaena: i generally like her but sometimes she's kind of annoying, at the beginning when she kept saying all the ways she could kill people i was like "is this satire or...." but she grew on me
chaol: my fave character! i liked that he was kind of bitch but u could see his soft spots shining thru, it felt like he was kind of conflicted the whole time which i liked
dorian: lowkey kind of a pussboy but there's nothing really to Hate about him, he's just kinda meh rn
overall this book was pretty good, though it got a bit repetitive like halfway through and i felt like i was just reading the same scenes over and over again. oh and i love nehemia she's kind of slaying the game
Minor: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
bmceleney's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War
saskiahill's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Death, Genocide, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death