So many books, so little time

With the most unrealistic and unbelievable main character I’ve ever encountered. She is an 18 year old assassin who startles at every sound, swoons over the crown prince (who she hated), eats candy to the point her teeth are stained, begs for a puppy, sasses everyone she can, and complains when she is woken up too early.

There is no plot. There is no tension. The worldbuilding is boiler plate European fantasy. The love triangle is saccharine and predictable from the first page.

What do people see in this book? I understand not every book needs to be East of Eden, but even the most egregious YA (Hunger Games, Harry Potter) were filled with breakneck pacing or charming creativity.

Throne of Glass is insipid to the point of secondhand embarrassment. I’ve never been so frustrated reading a fantasy book. Please tell me I’m not alone.

Edit: The word “egregious” has triggered a lot of people when describing Hunger Games and HP. I only meant it in the sense that both HG and HP lean heavily on the tropes and storytelling conventions of YA genre fiction despite ostensibly having such wide appeal across demographics.

It wasn’t meant as a legitimate criticism of either work, and maybe I should’ve been more precise in my language. I believe HP and HG are both examples of solid YA SFF.