Struggling to review this so let me just try and sum up some thoughts rather than going into a lot of detail: ToG is incredibly overhyped. The story is relatively entertaining, the characters are equal parts annoying, clueless, and boring at the same time, and the plot is dry until the last third of this book. The writing is mediocre, lots of show and not enough tell. Tons of not-so-subtle foreshadowing of what is to come in the next books. And yet…even with all of these negatives I didn’t hate it?
This was my second time reading it, I wanted to give it another chance, and I can’t tell if I just genuinely enjoyed it more or if my lowered expectations made this easier to enjoy. *shrugs*
Lots of potential for growth throughout the series, and despite not being completely crazy for this one I am actually pretty interested to see what happens next.

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I like Dorain better than Chaol pls don't shoot me okay bye