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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)

Sarah J. Maas

Start date: April 1, 2021

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Dec 15, 2018 AziaMinor rated it liked it · review of another edition

So I had to give this 3.75 stars instead of 4. I shall explain all that I liked and didn't when I've got the appropriate time on my hands as well as some of the others I've put off (forgive me!)

I will say this - the ending was much better than the beginning and did in fact make me want to find out what happens next, and that Chaol was the best out of them all, he deserves a good life.

Time for book 2!!! ...more

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Jul 04, 2010 Shera (Book Whispers) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, ya-fantasy, ebook-p, arc-netgalley, ebook-m, 2012

First off, I have a confession. Going into Throne of Glass I had no idea about the following or the history behind it. Honestly I just assumed the book was getting tons of attention because of the many quotes I saw that stated that the Throne of Glass series was “the Young Adult version of A Game of Thrones.” In my mind that’s pretty big praise. Then once I started reading the book I realized that the author had been writing this series for quite a while and that it was now getting “officially p First off, I have a confession. Going into Throne of Glass I had no idea about the following or the history behind it. Honestly I just assumed the book was getting tons of attention because of the many quotes I saw that stated that the Throne of Glass series was “the Young Adult version of A Game of Thrones.” In my mind that’s pretty big praise. Then once I started reading the book I realized that the author had been writing this series for quite a while and that it was now getting “officially published” and that fans where biting at the bit for it.

Thankfully I was unaware of all the crazed fans and how “utterly amazing and flawless” this series/author is. Boy, would I have been bitterly let down. Like many books before it, it falls prey to the formulistic predictableness that dominates the fantasy sub-genre of YA; making it predictable, slowly plotted, lacking a certain amount of realism, and overall average. If this is the YA version of Game of Thrones, and I had no idea what Game of Thrones was, let’s just say GoT just got knocked off my TPR pile. That said, this wasn’t a bad read. I found myself utterly addicted and I was ravenously reading each page, wishing my Kindle would turn the pages faster!

My biggest problem with Throne of Glass wasn’t the obvious predictability of the book, I’m a Tamara Pierce fan so I’m well used to enjoying books that you can see the plot from the first page. What I couldn’t stand is Celaena. The idea of a YA book with an Assassin as a lead utterly fascinated me, especially since she’s female. Female assassin’s are a weakness of mine, and the fact that before she even turns 18 she’s the most notorious and feared killer in the lands is too tantalizing to pass up. Celaena is the worst assassin that I have ever read. She should have died within the first 20 pages of the book. People are constantly sneaking up on her, readers are never given any real proof that she’s a real killing machine, and any time she did “shine” it felt fake. She’s so cocky that she compromises her self left and right, no wonder she got caught! It felt like Maas tried to over compensate to make Celaena “human” so that readers could feel for her and believe the romance, and how people could befriend a killer. (Trust me a good author can make you love a murdering lead by making the contrast between the killer and the human side of the lead.) In Celaena's defense I will say the events leading up to her becoming a killer are very believable and I liked the slow buildup of her past, and the “mystery” the author tries to create about her real identity.

The love triangle is fun and I really enjoyed it. The build up for each man of interest is not equally written or given page time so I felt a little left out since I’m the one that always goes for the underdog. Let’s be honest between a Prince and a Captain of the Guard, readers know who is going to get favored. For once I’d like it if a writer realizes that we the readers are tired of Princes as love interests for YA fantasy. Give us something deeper please, we don’t need Princes on white horses anymore.

Despite all of these annoying problems and I was squealing like a crazy fan and totally fell in love with not only the love triangle, but the other characters. The politics are fun enough that I feel intrigued and hope that a “revolution” is coming soon. Now that the contest for the “Kingdom’s Champion” is over I’m hoping for more world building and intrigue. The sneak peeks at Maas other realms and lands in this world are beyond tantalizing. The “magic” is also a fun concept and there might be a comeback for the Faye!

This is a title that I love to be annoyed by. The writing is nothing special, and at times I felt like the author was telling me how I should feel instead of showing. Sure I knew the plot from the get go. I know what Celaena's real secret past is, so that plot arc is spoiled. This series is obvious, but it’s still an addiction. I’m already trying to figure out any news about the next ones, and I’m planning on getting the four short stories that come before this one. Any fantasy fan worth their salt should read this title. I know other readers are going to breeze through this and not see anything wrong with it, and think I’m crazy for knit picking it. Other fans (as seen in Goodreads recent updates) are simply going to love to be annoyed because secretly, like me, they’re going to be one of the new additions to Maas hot new series. (Oh, Team Chaol fans Bs!)

Sexual Content: This is safe for he kiddies. At times it’s mature as it talks about rape (there are slaves and it kind of an inevitability for females in that position), there’s making out, but nothing to overly done. For a killer Celaena is pretty innocent.

3/5- Adored it, just a few minor details held it back.

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Jan 13, 2024 BookishVegan rated it liked it

3.75

I’m impressed that she wrote this at 16!
MC:
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Plot:
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Resolution:
❤️❤️1/2❤️

Audio: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Had I read this 15 years ago I would have given it a solid 4.5

The next book will determine if I enjoy this !

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Jun 02, 2020 Joyce rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read, young-adult, favorites, rereads, fantasy, books-i-own, audiobook

4.5 stars
Reread in August 2020
Still so so good!! <3 This time I read this after reading The Assassin's Blade and it makes so much more sense...This book still manages to blow my mind. The writing, the plot, the characters...all of it is fantastic!!

Read in June 2020
I bought this a while back and I finally decided to pick this one up. I decided that while reading this one, I would listen to the audiobook. I heard so many good things about this series. This novel was so hyped and it definitely live ...more

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Apr 10, 2014 charlene ✿ rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: sis-can-fight, dragons, books-i-own, favourites, badass, ebook, 5-stars, physical-copy, series-i-love, portal-fantasy

5 stars
★★★★★

The Throne of Glass series:
✿The Assassin's Blade
- The Assassin and the Pirate Lord ★★★
- The Assassin and the Healer ★★
- The Assassin and the Desert ★★★★
- The Assassin and the Underworld ★★★
- The Assassin and the Empire ★★★★
✿Throne of Glass★★★★★
✿Crown of Midnight★★★★★
✿Queen of Shadows★★★★★
✿Heir of Fire ★★★★★
✿ Tower of Dawn ★★★★★
✿Empire of Storms★★★★★
✿Kingdom of Ash★★★★★

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Nov 29, 2020 Kaylyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, new-adult, books-tiktok-made-me-read, fae

I finally started this series after hearing so many fantastic things about it. Needless to say, I was not disappointed at all. I rated it 4 stars because the beginning of this book was very slow for me and I felt that some of the content wasn't needed because it didn't add to the story for me. Once I reached the last 150 pages, I was all in and just couldn't stop!

Spoiler!!!

I was very confused when Celaena ended things with Dorian because it was so abrupt and honestly lacked emotion. I understand ...more

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