Throne of Glass - Deconstruction - Ch39-41
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Guess who's back with more Throne of Glass??
"But why did you continue to deconstruct this book when you obviously ragequit over the last chapter?" you ask.
Well, it's a funny story. I've had pretty severe writer's block since the summer, and today, in a fit of writer's-block-frustration, I decided to deconstruct Shadow and Bone...which I actually promised to do months ago. Funnily enough, deconstructing that book was even more torture than deconstructing ToG—mostly because after the first few chapters there was actually nothing much to talk about. So that actually put me into the mood to continue reading ToG, amazingly.
Before I go on, though, I should make it clear that I'm not guaranteeing I'm going to finish the book, or that I'll even deconstruct any more chapters. It kind of depends on how law school's going and whether I get in another mood to masochistically continue to subject myself to this book. We'll see.
Chapter 39
Dorian is dancing with Celaena at the ball.
“Everyone’s kind on Yulemas.” A flash of what he could have sworn was pain shone in her eyes, but it was gone before he could be certain of it.
…Because for the 4679821th time, we didn’t have enough reminders that underneath everything Celaena is a vulnerable Broken Bird.
Goddammit, Book.
Still more love triangle BS…sigh.
Kaltain is in a rage over Celaena and Dorian dancing together.
It was certainly not the dull, drab mess of crystal that the conniving harlot wore.
I’m sick of misogynistic slurs being tossed around and this stupid women-bashing-other-women.
She decides that Celaena needs to be eliminated. Because women can never be friends with each other when there’s a guy involved. Sigh.
After the ball, Dorian shows up at Celaena’s room again, because Reasons. Oh no wait, it’s because he wants to kiss her.
I can’t say I didn’t see that coming, but it’s not going to stop me from headdesking.
How different things were between them than when she’d first seen him in Endovier!
Her eyes opened. Endovier. Why was she kissing the Crown Prince of Adarlan?
…What the hell?
She’s still opposed to kissing the son of her sworn enemy but it takes her that long to remember it?
The hell is going on anymore?
Also, she doesn’t object when he kisses her again before leaving.
I give up. None of this makes any kind of sense whatsoever.
And the chapter closes with more love triangle terribleness that makes me want to jump off a cliff.
Chapter 40
Celaena wakes up the next morning.
the bedroom door swung open—Dorian.
I really, honestly, have no idea why he keeps showing up in her room and why it seems like he has nothing better to do.
They talk for a bit about her new puppy (groan) and argue about last night’s kiss, because for some reason Celaena has to be all awkward and embarrassed about it. Because she can’t be confident and assertive in their relationship, ever.
Phlegm caught in her throat, and the assassin coughed.
Attack of the epithets. Again.
I just...does this not feel incredibly awkward for the author to write? We're in Celaena's POV. It's incredibly awkward to refer to herself as "the assassin" from her own head. Also, it's a weird quasi-omniscient-POV jump.
She felt him watching her, staring at her back and the three scars she knew her low-cut nightgown did nothing to hide.
MORE scar-fetishizing voyeurism? Are you kidding me?!
“Your scars are awful,” he said, almost whispering.
Because we didn’t have enough reminders that Celaena is a vulnerable Broken—oh, screw it.
We jump to Kaltain’s POV, and Perrington tells Kaltain that “Lillian” is actually notorious assassin Celaena Sardothien.
This is starting to sound like the worst-kept secret in the palace.
Kaltain still has inexplicable health problems, and Perrington suggests that during a toast, Kaltain slip bloodbane (that hallucinogenic poison mentioned during the poisons test) into Celaena’s drink so that she’ll lose her duel against Cain.
At this point, all I have to say is that I’m relieved something seems to be happening.
Chapter 41
Celaena’s reading about Wyrdmarks and this time, she finally stumbles upon the knowledge she needs.
Because The Plot Said So.
Apparently the Wyrdmarks are for summoning some beast called the ridderak. Celaena keeps asking herself why Nehemia’s doing this and then suddenly realizes that because she found Wyrdmarks in chalk under her bed earlier, she’s going to be the next target. And then she realizes the ridderak is probably hanging out in those secret passages, because there’s nowhere else to hide a monster in the palace.
Wow. It’s like the author realized the book’s been plotless for too long (other than the godawful romance/love triangle drama) and is now bombarding Celaena with revelations to rocket the plot forward.
Celaena goes into the secret passages to find the monster.
And inside the small chamber, kneeling before a darkness so black that it seemed poised to devour the world, was Cain.
Oh, come on, is this actually a surprise to anyone??
Guess who's back with more Throne of Glass??
"But why did you continue to deconstruct this book when you obviously ragequit over the last chapter?" you ask.
Well, it's a funny story. I've had pretty severe writer's block since the summer, and today, in a fit of writer's-block-frustration, I decided to deconstruct Shadow and Bone...which I actually promised to do months ago. Funnily enough, deconstructing that book was even more torture than deconstructing ToG—mostly because after the first few chapters there was actually nothing much to talk about. So that actually put me into the mood to continue reading ToG, amazingly.
Before I go on, though, I should make it clear that I'm not guaranteeing I'm going to finish the book, or that I'll even deconstruct any more chapters. It kind of depends on how law school's going and whether I get in another mood to masochistically continue to subject myself to this book. We'll see.
Chapter 39
Dorian is dancing with Celaena at the ball.
“Everyone’s kind on Yulemas.” A flash of what he could have sworn was pain shone in her eyes, but it was gone before he could be certain of it.
…Because for the 4679821th time, we didn’t have enough reminders that underneath everything Celaena is a vulnerable Broken Bird.
Goddammit, Book.
Still more love triangle BS…sigh.
Kaltain is in a rage over Celaena and Dorian dancing together.
It was certainly not the dull, drab mess of crystal that the conniving harlot wore.
I’m sick of misogynistic slurs being tossed around and this stupid women-bashing-other-women.
She decides that Celaena needs to be eliminated. Because women can never be friends with each other when there’s a guy involved. Sigh.
After the ball, Dorian shows up at Celaena’s room again, because Reasons. Oh no wait, it’s because he wants to kiss her.
I can’t say I didn’t see that coming, but it’s not going to stop me from headdesking.
How different things were between them than when she’d first seen him in Endovier!
Her eyes opened. Endovier. Why was she kissing the Crown Prince of Adarlan?
…What the hell?
She’s still opposed to kissing the son of her sworn enemy but it takes her that long to remember it?
The hell is going on anymore?
Also, she doesn’t object when he kisses her again before leaving.
I give up. None of this makes any kind of sense whatsoever.
And the chapter closes with more love triangle terribleness that makes me want to jump off a cliff.
Chapter 40
Celaena wakes up the next morning.
the bedroom door swung open—Dorian.
I really, honestly, have no idea why he keeps showing up in her room and why it seems like he has nothing better to do.
They talk for a bit about her new puppy (groan) and argue about last night’s kiss, because for some reason Celaena has to be all awkward and embarrassed about it. Because she can’t be confident and assertive in their relationship, ever.
Phlegm caught in her throat, and the assassin coughed.
Attack of the epithets. Again.
I just...does this not feel incredibly awkward for the author to write? We're in Celaena's POV. It's incredibly awkward to refer to herself as "the assassin" from her own head. Also, it's a weird quasi-omniscient-POV jump.
She felt him watching her, staring at her back and the three scars she knew her low-cut nightgown did nothing to hide.
MORE scar-fetishizing voyeurism? Are you kidding me?!
“Your scars are awful,” he said, almost whispering.
Because we didn’t have enough reminders that Celaena is a vulnerable Broken—oh, screw it.
We jump to Kaltain’s POV, and Perrington tells Kaltain that “Lillian” is actually notorious assassin Celaena Sardothien.
This is starting to sound like the worst-kept secret in the palace.
Kaltain still has inexplicable health problems, and Perrington suggests that during a toast, Kaltain slip bloodbane (that hallucinogenic poison mentioned during the poisons test) into Celaena’s drink so that she’ll lose her duel against Cain.
At this point, all I have to say is that I’m relieved something seems to be happening.
Chapter 41
Celaena’s reading about Wyrdmarks and this time, she finally stumbles upon the knowledge she needs.
Because The Plot Said So.
Apparently the Wyrdmarks are for summoning some beast called the ridderak. Celaena keeps asking herself why Nehemia’s doing this and then suddenly realizes that because she found Wyrdmarks in chalk under her bed earlier, she’s going to be the next target. And then she realizes the ridderak is probably hanging out in those secret passages, because there’s nowhere else to hide a monster in the palace.
Wow. It’s like the author realized the book’s been plotless for too long (other than the godawful romance/love triangle drama) and is now bombarding Celaena with revelations to rocket the plot forward.
Celaena goes into the secret passages to find the monster.
And inside the small chamber, kneeling before a darkness so black that it seemed poised to devour the world, was Cain.
Oh, come on, is this actually a surprise to anyone??
