Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Asedio y tormenta by Leigh Bardugo

11 reviews

kt_timms's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I think I enjoyed this book more than the first. I feel like there was a lot going on in this storyline that I found particularly interesting. There was definitely some explicit religious content that I found really interesting, how it was included in a fantasy/magical context. It was a different perspective on how that can play out, and I think it was an addition to the story itself, in a good way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide and Fire/Fire injury

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

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

rant incoming

i found the majority of this book to be extremely boring. there were parts like when sturmhond was introduced that were interesting and exciting, but a lot of it was weird political and bureaucratic filler.

i also found the lack of real flirting and the overkill on sexual harassment to be annoying and unenjoyable. sturmhond came off as creepy, in fact most men in this book did besides tolya. at least sturmhond is still an interesting character with the fact that he is

the prince and an infamous privateer, but his character is written as if he is a real ladies man but then defaults to being a creeper. i barely registered the fact that alina was interested in him romantically until it said she blushed at him touching her leg when she kicked him?? a weak watery lackluster attempt at enemies to lovers fit into one page.

mal

had an existential crisis that could have been solved if he and alina had just slept together. i’m not sure what age range this book is meant to be for if there is no intimacy but one of the main characters can plunge deeply into alcoholism for a majority of the book. mal was so unbelievably jealous by 2 guys who were both repulsive in different ways, and alina should have trusted him enough to tell him the truth about her visions given the fact that they have known each other since they were children.

genya was

done dirty imo and she would have fought for what is right, especially given that she is literally best friends with alina and would have had a much better quality of life at her side when this is all inevitably over. genya chose to follow the darkling because she wasn’t seen as a real person even though he literally gave her away as a gift to the queen. alina would never, but of course for some reason genya chooses to be on the darklings side of this war and then gets used as an object again shocker.

overall a pretty big disappointment for a sequel. i’m still invested in whatever the backstory is about saints and amplifiers, plus i already own the box set so i might as well finish it out. i’ve heard six of crows is a lot better thankfully so i’m holding out hope for that one. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, and Torture

readingelli's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and War

Betrayal, disfigurement

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 8/10. Alina and Mal are both annoying and I don't like them but because they are so annoying, they deserve each other because neither one should be subjected onto anyone else. With that being said, I love Nikolai even if he is a little sh*t. I also really enjoy the twins. I liked how this book had more of a plot than the first one did. Also, I feel like this one was more rich and had more depth than the first one. The ending was jarring but not entirely terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Child death, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Once again, Leigh Bardugo has done it and produced a fantastic and gripping piece of fantastical fiction for the world to enjoy.

The action definitely heats up in this one with the introduction of Sturmhond and the whole Pirates, nichevo’ya, and Rusalye arcs.

It’s so wonderful to dive back into the mind of Alina Starkov as she tries to escape the dark forces after her and her strained relationship with her old friends. While it was a little slower pace-wise than Shadow and Bone it was still wonderfully written and I absolutely loved the new characters we got to meet in this novel.

The ending also was insane and I cannot wait to finish Ruin and Rising and find out what happens!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol