Kingdom Ash Throne Glass 7 Reviews Summary

Length and Pacing

Pros:

• "By far the longest book I’ve ever read, and with so much happening it made sense why the book was chunky."
• "All 992 pages transcend our highest hopes and deepest fears, leaving us emotionally charged and incredibly full as the series we have loved for so long finally wraps up."
• "At 980 pages I was not sure what else the Author might have to say. After reading all 980 pages, I wouldn't have taken any of it out."
• "It was incredibly long but so worth it."
• "Loved the entire series, this book did not disappoint, all of the build up throughout the other books was worth it."
• "This book was so perfectly written and I love that we get to read pretty much every character's POV."
• "This final book to the series is truly epic, with all the threads being woven together to finish a beautiful tapestry."

Cons:

• "Not a bad book, but not as concise."
• "The storyline was good, but, omg, are almost 1,000 pages necessary to tell the conclusion??!!"
• "This one is way too long. I was skipping whole sections by the end."
• "The ending felt so rushed, which I hate."
• "The last book got long, and seriously felt like the characters were always on their last breath and legs."
• "There were scenes that were just too long so it kind of lacked the emotional impact for me."
• "Just felt the book was unnecessarily long for the sake of page count."

Emotional Impact

Pros:

• "Sarah knows how to write an ending that just draws out your emotions."
• "I am a total and complete mess. This book had me laughing, crying, crying some more, amazed, heartbroken, and hopeful."
• "I cried, my heart hurt, but I loved it."
• "This book was the peak and the lowest of lows. It struck all the feelings."
• "I cried, I laughed, I cheered, I cried and cheered while laughing."
• "It wrapped up in ways I didn’t even imagine was possible, the tears were falling and I was holding my breath so often I had to take breaks!"
• "I have been crying since chapter 80 and I have never read anything so beautifully written."

Cons:

• "About 80% of the book is gut-wrenchingly sad."
• "It went past suspenseful to unnecessary."
• "Endless wars (and lengthy descriptive narratives of never-ending torture) — were just too much of too much."
• "Disappointing way to end an investment of 6+ books in the series."
• "The wyrdkey resolution was a bit anticlimactic too."
• "Their goodbyes felt rushed and flat when they should have been the most impactful."
• "Sadly, the end to this series was lackluster."

Character Development

Pros:

• "She is my absolute favorite character and she shows how not everyone is good or evil, so much has changed within her."
• "The characters in this book and series are all so powerful in their own rite."
• "The characters in this series were written so well that they, too, feel like friends."
• "Truly fell in love with the characters and l loved every book, the ending, the story, it’s a masterpiece."
• "The characters are so inspiring and relatable."
• "Characters finally met, again or for the first time. Relationships came to fruition."
• "Each character I had a special feeling towards them, and I loved them each for different reasons."

Cons:

• "I still don't care about Rolfe, Aedion, Chaol, Ansel, Elide, or the cadre."
• "But Aelin spent a lot of time captured and recovering from torture, so much that until the end she hardly helped the armies that gathered for her."
• "The only other character that pressed me was Aedion, he went out of character, this bugged me."
• "Some of the 'new' players, like the Pirate King/Mycenians and kharankui, didn't get enough character development and just became red shirts/basic-bad-guys sacrificed to the plot."
• "Some of the other characters (generally the male characters) felt flat and didn’t really develop in this book."
• "Gavriel’s death was stupid and senseless."
• "I wish there were less characters."