Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

4 reviews

memorykey2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I liked this better than Siege and Storm, but not by much as the two books have blended together in my mind. I appreciate where she was going with this and how she was trying to convey the stress and anxiety of the plot, but I was lost throughout the book. I will say that I did actually like the ending, so that gains some bonus points from me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and War

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

rose_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the book, and think it was a good ending to the trilogy. I liked how some of the plot twists seemed like they had been festering for some time

like the Darkling’s relation to Morozova

or some seems to come out of nowhere

like Mal being the third and final amplifier

. Once again, I think the book was very much a ‘we did this, and then we did this’. It felt like we were just being told what was happening in some parts, like when they were in the run and hunting the Firebird. 

One thing I liked was how Nikolai was portrayed. This book showed how he was willing to step up, even though he shouldn’t have never to. I absolutely adored how the King’s actions against Genya were handelnd and how Nikolai was ready to persecute him for them. I thought his fate of becoming one of the Darkling’s monsters was so sad, and wished there was more of him in the later parts of the book. I liked how he addressed the fact that he is actually a bastard, and in turn has no real claim to the throne, I’m really excited to see how that is handled and what he does in his own series, Rule of Wolves, especially because I know we get to see more of Zoya, who was just an absolute mood and girlboss during the whole series.

I thought it was a bit fast and could have been drawn out more, like their time at the Spinning Wheel, and then them running from the Darkling. I felt that Baghra was severely underused, as was Nikolai and Genya. I really didn’t see as much of them as i would have liked, and am still really curious about Baghra, her life, and The Darkling’s life before he created the Fold, and even before he met Alina.

I will say, I loved Mal and Alina’s relationship in this book, definitely more so than in the last one. They actually talked to each other, granted it took them a very long time to get their heads out of their asses, and they were able to confess their love and u der stand how much they felt for each other. I loved how after the battle they were able to just leave and go back to where they grew up with Micha and the cat and live a simple life. And j was SO HAPPY that Nikolai, Genya, David and Zoya still came to visit them.

Not a bad ending to the trilogy, and I cant wait to read Six of Crows, or the Rule of Wolves series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Blood, War, and Classism

Moderate: Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent