Reviews tagging 'Death'

Assedio e Tempesta by Leigh Bardugo

206 reviews

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Enjoyed this surprisingly more than I expected 😅 I still don’t like the Alina-Mal romance, Nikolai said it right “for an eternal love, you’re both really insecure about it” 🫠 FUCKING TALK TO EACH OTHER?!!

I love Nikolai!! He was entertaining and had some great one liners. The pacing is so much better compared to book 1,

also maybe helps that book 2 is very different from the adaptation so I wasn’t as bored because I didn’t know everything that would happen and when.

I also liked Tolya and Tamar, they had more personality and we got to know them better compared to side characters in the first book. I was pleasantly surprised that I liked this more than Shadow and Bone (mostly because of Nikolai and the pacing was better)! I’m actually excited to read book 3 now 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, and War

Moderate: Death and Animal death

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Vomit

kat_andherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I am very disappointed by that ending. Alina for me is deeply annoying and most of her choices infuriate me. Most of the time I can barely stand her inner monologue. She knows that what she’s doing is immature but she can’t help herself. HOWEVER, what is a saving grace for this book is Nikolai and the world building. I can’t deny that the author is very good at describing places and building a while word form almost nothing. As for Nikolai, finally we have someone that has questionable ethics but is very charming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

gracemegredy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault

mlovationer1's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Colonisation, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, and War

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

patchedspines's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Murder, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Body horror and Alcohol

petradannibale's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Violence, War, Death, Genocide, and Blood

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

hjb_128's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Alcoholism

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, and Torture

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