This book. Oh boy.
Throne of Glass is all over BookTube. The vast majority of folks love it.
And then there’s me.
The concept sounds good: imprisoned badass assassin in a competition to be the King’s assassin. Great. Awesome. Sounds cool. Except that definitely wasn’t my experience with this book.
- How many times can you say monthly cycle in a single chapter?
- Skipping the action (things like the Tests… and the murders…)
- Can’t even bother to describe the ridderak (what are “an ancient God’s nightmares”?)
- Celaena could have been morally grey, but really isn’t – everything is black and white
- Why is there Christmas – sorry, “Yulemas”? Opium? Chess? Couldn’t you have been a bit more imaginative in your world building, Sarah J.?
I generously gave it 2 stars on Goodreads, rounding up from 1.5. I guess we’ll stick with that. Two cups of tea.
