'Throne of Glass' series is overrated. Part 1: 'Throne of Glass'

 What Maas does the worst in first volume of "Throne of Glass" is to situate a scary amount of illogical solutions among a plot, character building, narration etc. Firsty, the concept of the tournament for the King's Champion title is vastly absurdous. And since it's the backbone of the whole plot, I was really frustrated while reading, unable to focus on the plot due to its unbearable illogicalness. Why didn't Sarah J. Maas think that a championship reling on bringing criminals over the royal court is a hazardous idea and any wise ruler wouldn't decide like that? And even if so, keeping it as a secret from a whole court isn't the best idea? A concept of a king trusting criminals like murderers to just exist among his court and family is so comic that I wouldn't know whether to laugh or to cry if I were a character in a world of "Throne of Glass". The king literally provoces contestants to plan a coup/murder on the royal family or the officials. I am utterly stupified by the Maas' construction of the plot in "Throne of Glass" after reading it. 


Another controversial aspect of the plot of "Throne of Glass" is the solving of a murders' mistery. I just can't manage to believe that the villans are so obvious choice among the characters' pool. Choosing the most evident characters who during all the plot act suspiciously is quite a lazy decision. It would be nice to discover that all the evil in the court is a blame of some only apparently innocent characters but unfortunately Maas as always isn't that creative. And knowing that the murderer is a magical demon, I am disappointed how easy it is for Celeana to kill the creature. I mean - Nehemia tries to accomplish it since the begining of the plot and still she can't manage to incapacitate the beast. Although she is a princess trained to fight with the evil forces! And Celaena, who randomely discover the solution of the mistery, randomely is able to stop the demon in the first try and in just a couple of her sword's strike? C'mon. I am embarassed how unrealistic it is. I get that Celaena is an another magicly-predestined-chosen-one from a young adult book written during the early 2000s but... I feel like my brain cells are running away from my skull every time I open Sarah J. Maas' book and ToG isn't any exception. 


Oh, and speaking about Celaena - can someone stop her from being the main character in "Throne of Glass" series? Please? I can't deal with her behaviour - she is so annoyingly pretentious I just physically can't stand it. Somehow both Feyre in ACOTAR and Bryce in Crescent City hasn't been affecting me this way during my reading about them. Maybe it's an effect of Celaena being the first Maas' main character in her first book but for me Celaena is just unbearable. Seldom do I come across that annoying characters since I've stopped reading regurally young adult novels when I was 13.


But except the surprisingly unbearable main character, "Throne of Glass" is much better than ACOTAR and "Crescent City". Well, the illogicalness and noncreativeness of the plot is the same but a lack of a cringy romance and - more importantly - erotic scenes, is such a relief...