Reviews tagging 'Death'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

240 reviews

takarakei's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

welp, i finished the series finally

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

ravenauthor1013's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, Murder, and War

Minor: Death of parent

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

creolelitbelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

My favorite aspect of this trilogy's ending is how when the tide turns for the worse, solutions are not magically found sitting around every corner. Alina and her allies have to work hard and struggle to survive to the battle and never expect the fighting and odds to fall in their favors. I love the realism of that, even if the story is full of fantasy. Parts of the ending feel underwhelming, but certain characters who took convincing for me to root for are beloved for me by the end. The battle's conclusion may fit the world-building, but I'm much more satisfied with the epilogue. Grishaverse lore is optimal in this book, and I look forward to learning more of it from other stories and books. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent

oxfordcommas91's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

Unfortunately this one was an underwhelming and disappointing way to round out the Shadow and Bone trilogy. This series really peaked with the second book and I wish that the author would have given the characters a more satisfying story arc throughout.

I really disliked Mal and Alina's love story throughout this last installment. It felt forced - they had absolutely zero chemistry at all and would have been better off staying friends. Alina would have been much better suited to Nikolai in the end and Bardugo's refusal to kill off any of the important characters also frustrated me.

The beginning of this book was so slow and while it picked up as it went along, I found myself hoping for it to just end rather than being excited to reach the climax and the "final battle" as I should have with a series of this nature. 
A 3 star rating feels generous but I don't think it deserves worse - it just wasn't the right finale in my mind for these characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

4.75

I loved this book so much

I didn’t like at first that Alina lost her power, but it was necessary.

I love this trilogy and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War

matcha_pages's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Rape

patchedspines's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Addiction

glund_01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood

jackacj's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and War

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

Minor: Vomit