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samellecooke's review against another edition
2.5
While I finished this book, I will not be continuing the series. I have a feeling I read this at the wrong time in my reading journey. If you are part of the "SJM Effect" pipeline and those adjacent romantasy adventures, this series needs to be read early on, in my opinion.
I liked book 1 and the premise of the world and magic system. I was interested to see where things went, but this book lost me. There is no spice, which I was expecting. I don't mind a slow burn, but if you're in it for more than a peck here and there, this is NOT for you.
What also lost me in this book was the repetitiveness of the themes and plots. "Anyone can betray anyone." Ok, I do love this tagline, but how many times do we need to say it and how many times is it needed to hold up the plot? The FMC, Mare, is just really freaking annoying. She's one of those who let life happen to her instead of taking it by the reigns and making it work for her. I don't see any growth from book 1 to book 2 and I wasn't convinced I'd see any in book 3.She is so hung up on Maven, the MMC's brother and new king, it was infuriating! He is not a good person. He is not redeemable, at least not enough to be endgame for her. She has a weird relationship with his older brother the MMC, Cal, and I don't love that she can't seem to decide who wants to be with. Then there's the childhood friend Kilorn, who has professed his love for her and it's all just too loose and messy for me for no reason.
I liked book 1 and the premise of the world and magic system. I was interested to see where things went, but this book lost me. There is no spice, which I was expecting. I don't mind a slow burn, but if you're in it for more than a peck here and there, this is NOT for you.
What also lost me in this book was the repetitiveness of the themes and plots. "Anyone can betray anyone." Ok, I do love this tagline, but how many times do we need to say it and how many times is it needed to hold up the plot? The FMC, Mare, is just really freaking annoying. She's one of those who let life happen to her instead of taking it by the reigns and making it work for her. I don't see any growth from book 1 to book 2 and I wasn't convinced I'd see any in book 3.
syl_val15's review against another edition
4.0
The Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard.
The second part of 'Red Queen' quadrilogy. By now this book series intrigued me very much, they're one of the most intensest series I've read and I only read 2 out of 4 hoping for more chaos for the next ones. By each following installement, this series is becoming more harsh, dark and complicated. My expectations weren't as high as I've had for the first book, but it turned out that I was wrong. I liked this one a little more than the first, because of its actions, the darkness and more importantly the intensity in it.
Victoria writes her books very beautifuly,the details of the sceneries and etc. are described incredibly. This isn't a series that you can quickly read and finish it in a short time. My average reading time is maximum 3 days no matter how long it is, however 'Glass Sword' took a great amount of my time to complete it. These are the kind of books that thrives for concentration and one's mind have to be fully focused on the story.
So many interesting things happened in it, a lot of tragedy, unexpected moments (not necesarilly plottwists), but the romance was not as much whatsoever, surprisingly that didn't bother me at all.
Each character were unique on their own, no matter how stupid, annoying, fierce or likable they are. I liked them all equally, but not loved.
One of the things I also love about book endings besides 'Happily ever after' are cliffhangers, I always thrive for more in books and obvious ending don't give me satisfaction.
In total, I liked the second book of RQ very much.
4 out of 5 stars.
The second part of 'Red Queen' quadrilogy. By now this book series intrigued me very much, they're one of the most intensest series I've read and I only read 2 out of 4 hoping for more chaos for the next ones. By each following installement, this series is becoming more harsh, dark and complicated. My expectations weren't as high as I've had for the first book, but it turned out that I was wrong. I liked this one a little more than the first, because of its actions, the darkness and more importantly the intensity in it.
Victoria writes her books very beautifuly,the details of the sceneries and etc. are described incredibly. This isn't a series that you can quickly read and finish it in a short time. My average reading time is maximum 3 days no matter how long it is, however 'Glass Sword' took a great amount of my time to complete it. These are the kind of books that thrives for concentration and one's mind have to be fully focused on the story.
So many interesting things happened in it, a lot of tragedy, unexpected moments (not necesarilly plottwists), but the romance was not as much whatsoever, surprisingly that didn't bother me at all.
Each character were unique on their own, no matter how stupid, annoying, fierce or likable they are. I liked them all equally, but not loved.
One of the things I also love about book endings besides 'Happily ever after' are cliffhangers, I always thrive for more in books and obvious ending don't give me satisfaction.
In total, I liked the second book of RQ very much.
4 out of 5 stars.
kenz_2002's review against another edition
Hate that I'm dnfing bc I thought i would love this series but I just cannot stay interested. Maybe I will try reading it in the future but doubt that. Sucked cuz I loved the 1st book
tiffanynoel's review against another edition
4.0
I still have some issues with how some of the characters have been developed and how some of the relationships have happened. But this was a good second book! I was caught up in the whole rebellion! Laughing, crying, screaming right along with the characters. And and ending to make me die without the next book!
maredw'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lizgregory's review against another edition
5.0
Where was this lagging everyone warned me about?? I forgot most of the first book but I dig this series ngl
fiona_erickson's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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
3.75
abooknook's review against another edition
5.0
So.... my thoughts on this book? One of the BEST and WORST books at the same time...meaning it's one of my favorites.
Plot was interesting and boring at the same time (don't ask how)
Characters were interesting and well-developed
I loved the author's writing style, though it was slow in the last few chapters, though that might have been because of Shade's death. I loved it.
Plot was interesting and boring at the same time (don't ask how)
Characters were interesting and well-developed
I loved the author's writing style, though it was slow in the last few chapters, though that might have been because of Shade's death. I loved it.
thekatiefu's review against another edition
2.0
First of all, that title has literally nothing to do with this book. The part where it is explained felt like it was forced just to match a title someone had given a student as a writing prompt in a high school essay.
This was clearly a sequel, meant to set the stage for the big conclusion. Therefore, as its own story it was boring, disjointed, and had very little build to keep me interested.
At this point, nearly every character annoys me.
This was clearly a sequel, meant to set the stage for the big conclusion. Therefore, as its own story it was boring, disjointed, and had very little build to keep me interested.
At this point, nearly every character annoys me.
chipy10's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
slow-paced
- 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? No
3.0