Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Asedio y tormenta by Leigh Bardugo

40 reviews

lilawsahar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

It was slow in the middle. The action was packed in the beginning and end of the book. I loved how the book ended.

I love that Alina and the Darkling are wounded. They need to heal before their final battle. That Alina tricked the Darkling into thinking she’d go with him when she used his power to try and destroy him. I feel bad for Genya. I’m glad she’s back with David though.

I also love how three men are vying for her power (and love?). I want her to be with the darkling or the prince. I kind of am rooting for the Darkling to win the war. Just for the plot hehe. 

Also I hate the lead character lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was my favorite of the Shadow and Bone series - a fast paced second book that really catapults you into action and keeps it going through the whole book. Part of the fun of this new book is the new cast of characters it brings with it (Sturmhond hands down becomes my favorite character in the entire series, can we pls get a spin-off, Leigh??) and we get to learn more about the Grisha, the Darkling, and what makes them who they are. There is good palace intrigue, drama, battles between good and evil - this installment had it all! I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

e_emmaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and War

sydoodle's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.25

This is a major upgrade from the first one in my opinion. I had a great time. Mal makes me viscerally angry. Alina is less insufferable I actually dig her character a lot in this one. Nikolai carried. One more yessir yessir

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Alcohol

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am really enjoying this series as a whole, but you can definitely tell this is a middle book in a saga where most of the book is spent in inner/external turmoil and not a lot happens in the plot. The last 100 pages blew me away and I couldn’t put it down though! This book feels necessary to introduce important characters, show character development in Alina, and set up for the final conflict in the third book, but it felt slow and was a little bit of a slog to get through. Mal got a bit annoying but as Alina understood him better I guess I did too. And I somehow have a crush on both Nicolai and the Darkling (despite everything).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

like most YA trilogies the middle book is often necessary, but also ... not a lot happens between the beginning and the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book focused a lot on Alina and Nikolai building up defenses against the Darkling. I think I almost liked it more that the first book. It ended on such a Cliffhanger though ;^;. 
Sometimes this book is a bit week from a storytelling perspective, but the characters definitely make up for it!!! Alina, David, Genya, Nikolai, Tolya, Tamar, Zoya - literal PERFECTION!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and War

Minor: Bullying, Child death, and Alcohol

thegrishaverse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder