illustrious me

Review for first book only. (New to Grishaverse) A rather straightforward plot, with no plot mystery whatsoever. The adventure was also good, a few exciting scenes, but mostly improvisation and plot armor, with two plot holes I found. The only redeeming factor was the characters and their backstories, which were rather short but stretched throughout the book. As for character development, only 2 of the 6 got any. The character's traits are also "told" and not "shown", which forces the readers to accept the characters as the author wants them. Simple and easy to understand writing. A few predictable twists and the world building is honestly pretty simple. 5 nations and 3 classifications of Grisha, with no explanation to what gives Grisha their powers or the development or classification in their power level. The government and/or royals were not introduced either, making you wonder how such a huge thing is passing right under their noses. Taking liberties in criticism, at best a 4.2 out of 5 book, for an average level of fantasy fiction reader level. World building: 3/5 Characters: 4/5 Plot depth: 3/5 Plot progression: pretty fast: 5/5 Plot twists: most were predictable: 4/5 Romance: 2 (3?) Ships, of which one sailed, sort of. They were pretty frustrating with their clashing thoughts but it was in character and cute. 3/5 PS: the ice court map was useless, imagined my own.

damn idk what other people read but i couldnt finish this terrible book.at.all. i gave up and read the ending spoilers which disgusted me even more. i have no problem with the graphic content, instead it intrested me on how the author will handle it. please it was terrible, the author doesn't know how to transition between scenes or describe properly what's happening, and the way everyone and her family reacted just had me repulsed. soon on later it became boring with sussie just gazing on her family and everyone and that;s around where i left it. maybe u can get angry that i didnt read the whole book but seriously i couldn't and neither could my brother. 0/5