Throne of Glass Ch. 30-31

Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing with  my life when the highlight of my days is snarking this terrible book.

That kind of says more about me than the book, I think.

Throne of Glass Ch. 28-29

I'M STILL RIDING HIGH ON THE WALKING DEAD OKAY.

Throne of Glass Ch. 26-27

I'm going to between complete apathy and absolute rage reading this book. Which I don't think is the author's intent...

Throne of Glass Ch. 24-25

I am so bored and unfeeling that I'm just... not feelin' the anger any more. I know what to expect now. Stupid non-assassins who think they're the best, bored nobleman, and a captain who is incompetent at his job.

BUT we get a hint of more plot today. I'm not excited.

Throne of Glass ch. 22-23

I really wanted to avoid keeping this book from the library longer than I had to, but I'm not even halfway through and my books are due back May 1, sooooooooooo guess I have to renew it! I haven't even been able to crack the actual good book I checked out either (but that's due more to being busy with work and babysitting and stuffs).

It's a dreary day outside, my favorite weather because I've been an emo my whole life, I have a cup of tea, a bad book, and Phildel on Pandora. I'm ready for this.

Throne of Glass Ch. 20-21

I ranted about this book for quite awhile to my sister-in-law yesterday. I have strong feelings about it. Obviously.

Throne of Glass Ch. 18-19

Throne of Glass Ch. 16-17

I'm pretty sure this book doesn't know what an assassin is or does. It would make so much  more sense if Cel was some sort of mercenary.

Be forewarned, I got crankier than usual writign this post.

Throne of Glass Ch. 14-15

You know, a lot of this book's problems would be non-issues if at least the characters were likable. I can deal with bad plots and some weird logic leaps if I at least liked who I was reading about. Instead I get a Captain who doesn't have a job to do, an assassin who is the most annoying person on the planet, and a princess who is really mean for no reason.

We've barely seen Dorian so I don't have anything to say about him.

Throne of Glass Ch. 13

I'm hungry ok.

Throne of Glass Ch 11-12

I might pick up Ms. Maas's new book Court of Thorns and Roses if it comes to my library (it has nothing to do with the Throne of Glass series). While I have no idea how to pronounce the protagonist's name (Feyre) and I'm a bit "eeer" about "fans of GRRM" boast, the cover copy sounds really interesting. I'm a sucker for stories about the Fae, both based in real world mythology and ones completely made up. Plus it's obviously a retelling of Beauty and Beast which is my FAVORITE fairy tale of all time.

And as I've noticed in Goodreads reviews, the writing and plotting do get a lot better as the Throne of Glass series goes on, so I'm sure it'll be a fun read, if nothing else.

Throne of Glass Ch. 9-10

My brother told me the other day that this book sounds a lot like My Immortal. Grammar and spelling differences aside, I believe he was mentioning the Mary Sue aspect.

At least My Immortal was entertaining in it's terribleness.

Throne of Glass Ch. 7-8

I'm using a postcard I bought in Australia as a bookmark. This has nothing to do with anything, I just felt like mentioning it.

Throne of Glass Chapter 5-6

I seem to recall the author saying the original Throne of Glass (called Queen of Glass) was supposed to be a Cinderella retelling, only with Cinderella being an assassin. That makes the whole glass theme make a lot of sense, and for what the original story was (a teenager's offering on the internet), it really wasn't that bad. Obviously a mashup like that would garner a lot of attention, as it certainly caught mine.

I just wish this book had been overhauled so the characters didn't have serious logic fails and were a lot more likable. That would have fixed SO many problems I've already found in the first few chapters. I can forgive a weak plot a LOT if I like the characters.

Sadly, I really, really dislike these dudes.

Throne of Glass Ch. 3-4

This is a library book so I'm trying to get this updated more regularly than I usually do.

Side note: I've heard the sequels to this book get a lot better. That's nice to know, actually. It's always good to hear about authors getting better instead of getting worse or stagnating. And hey, this book was originally written when the author was a teenager. I'm certainly a lot better at age 28 than I was at 16. 

Enough chit-chat.

Throne of Glass Ch. 1-2

Our new book this time around is a blast from Catherine's Past.

I'm talking about THRONE OF GLASS.

First things first, I'm pretty sure the cover artist was all like "Huh.. we need a pretty blonde chick as a model for this...

"The author is a pretty blonde chick...

"let's give her gross eyebrows and call it a day!"

I'm not even kidding, take a look at the author's photo compared to this cover and be baffled with me.

As if we needed another reminder that the protagonist is a self-insert. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't see anything wrong with self-inserts as a rule. I myself write a ton of protagonists who are short, tiny people with long hair who like to sing, and most of them are girls! But the protag in this book, from what I've read in reviews, is the insufferable Mary Sue of the early 2000's.

I read this story on fictionpress waaaaaay back when the author first published it. I was probably around 15 (the author was 16) and I thought it was super cool except for the fact that the protagonist seemed kinda high school girly for a hardened assassin (and a couple years later then created one of my most badass characters who happened to be an assassin as well but who was significantly emotionally damaged by what she went through in her life). Apparently the author didn't take my tactic of 'BURY FREAKING EVERYTHING' from my high school writing years and didn't rewrite much of this book.

So this is going to be interesting.