Elena Keller's Reviews > Five Broken Blades

all of the people saying this is better than six of crows have got to be suffering from mass psychosis.

everything about this book pissed me off, namely:
- the terrible writing (worst case of “tell don’t show” I’ve ever seen)
- characters that were either bland or insufferable
- the laughably predictable plot twist (the “foreshadowing” was so heavy handed that I guessed the twist less than 15% in)
- the world building that was practically non-existent
- romances that were so ridiculous I was rolling my eyes every page (someone “feels like home” immediately after meeting them??? be so serious)

and if I took a shot every time a main male character (who we’re supposed to sympathize with and find likable) said something overtly sexist or referred to grown women as “girls” my liver would’ve shriveled up and died.

only thing that would’ve made this book better is if all of the characters were executed for treason at the end.