玻璃王座

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Sarah J. Maas: 玻璃王座 (Chinese language, 2015, Cheng bang wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Jian duan chu ban)

423 pages

Langue : Chinese

Publié 7 novembre 2015 par Cheng bang wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si, Jian duan chu ban.

ISBN :
978-957-10-5972-3
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Numéro OCLC :
933580973

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3 étoiles (3 critiques)

二十四名來自各地的盜賊、刺客和戰士,十三週嚴峻殘酷、暴虐無道的訓練和試驗。一場以鋼鐵意志相爭的生死決鬥,將鍛造出一個無所畏懼的強大靈魂。

在瑟蕾娜‧薩達錫恩被同伴背叛之前,天地之大足以讓她四海為家。如今為了掙脫鹽礦裡的囚徒生活,她不得不參加皇室舉辦的生死決鬥,以性命作代價爭取擔任國王御前鬥士的名譽,也許之後能重獲自由。她曾是亞達蘭王國最強的刺客,但經歷過受人奴役、虐待的一年後,她儘管聰敏機智如昔,體力卻不比常人。她原以為恢復體力與磨練刺殺技巧是當前最緊要的任務,沒想到宮廷裡權謀暗鬥之狠毒竟遠遠超出她的預期。邪惡將玻璃城堡過往的驕傲歷史蒙上一層陰霾,太多陰謀在暗處蠢蠢欲動,在死亡的四面包圍下,誰能全身而退?

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Review of 'Throne of glass' on 'Goodreads'

2 étoiles

Celaena Sardothien spent years in the Endovier death camps, where she would spend the rest of her life. Until, crown prince Dorian appoints her to enter a competition for the title of King’s Champion, who will tasked to do the King’s secret bidding. But when one by one, the competitors turn up dead, Celaena knows that something evil lurks in the castle.

This was a huge letdown for me. It mainly involves the writing and the major lead.

For someone who’s supposed to be a deadly assassin, ’s pretty weak. I get it. She's a girl who likes to be pretty and wear nice clothes and date popular boys (I actually love when female characters are both girly and badass at once). The problem is that she is so narcissistic and stubborn that you can't help but focus on the tooth-cringing parts of her personality. She never (or rarely) speaks …

Review of 'Throne of glass' on 'Goodreads'

4 étoiles

A good, fast-paced read, but not quite as good as Maas's later work; certainly feels the Y in YA. Can be read as a standalone but is probably better if you continue on to read the whole series (I assume).

To summarize it briefly: Celaena, a proficient assassin, has been in the salt mines for a year when she is taken out by Prince Dorian and his guard captain Chaol to be the prince's candidate in a competition to find the next King's Champion. But someone, or something, is picking off candidates even outside of the competitions designed to winnow out the unworthy. Celaena's heart is also pulled into two directions, between the overtly romantic Dorian and the steadfast Chaol.

The major drawback to the book is that it's so clearly written to be part of a series. For instance, from very early on, I started to suspect that Maas …

Review of 'Throne of glass' on 'Goodreads'

4 étoiles

Throne of Glass was a fun read. It was not particularly thought provoking, the characters were not particularly compelling, and the plot was not particularly inventive. It was still fun though. I enjoyed every page. There was not a point where it bogged down in nonsense as there so often is in a book that is trying to set up a large series. It kept up its pace, and kept my attention and for that I have to commend it. I liked the characters by the end of it. The two primary male characters were sort of two dimensional until about 3/4 of the way through the book, but they came into their own by the end. I would recommend it as what my wife calls "popcorn reading." Fun, but not nourishing.

Sujets

  • Assassins
  • Princes
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fantasy
  • Courts and courtiers
  • Prisoners