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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

13 reviews

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

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

4.25

After a mediocre second book (with a cliffhanger), I went on with the final part. This didn’t disappoint me, I liked the character and plot developments, although I’m not fully convinced of the ending’s likeliness. 

But then again, this is YA fantasy, so I’ll be forgiving. :) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

By far my favorite of the three. I think the pacing and character work was the most well done and I found her writing developed really well. I had often felt while reading the other two that she was teetering on the edge of making things dark but not doing so because they’re YA novels. I think Ruin & Rising had the perfect amount of darkness and graphic descriptions to it where it felt both hard hitting but also appropriate for its age group. All in all, a super solid fantasy novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Genocide, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Death of parent