Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

78 reviews

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad 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

5.0

As with the Six of Crows duology, I preferred this book to book one.
The biggest thing I disliked about this one was the ending.  I don't know why, exactly, but I don't like the direction it took some of the characters, as well as Grisha magic.
Nina's story was much more interesting this time than in book one.  As she was one of my favourite Crows behind only Jesper, I was extremely disappointed with how little I cared about her part in book one.
I can't wait to see what Leigh does next with the Grishaverse!  I just adore it, the characters and worldbuilding are amazing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, and Religious bigotry

yavin_iv'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Slavery

Minor: Homophobia and Rape

stubbornlybookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Grief

blakethebookeater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

https://youtu.be/_dH-mSya8uY

This. Book. Is. A. Masterpiece.

WOWOOWOWOWOW. Now this is how you end a series.

I can't say too much without going into spoilers, but DAMN Leigh really played with ALL of my emotions throughout this entire book. It was action-packed, intense, emotional, and perfect. A wonderful finale to the end of this duology and also the entire Grishaverse. It's definitely worth it to read the Grisha trilogy and the Six of Crows duology before this series as it makes this book pack a huge punch, but even just being a sequel to King of Scars it is PERFECT.

Nina, Zoya, and Nikolai are all at the BEST they have EVER been in this entire universe and it's such an amazing thing to see. I need more people to read this book so I can scream about it with them

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, and Slavery

totallyshelfaware's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Miscarriage, Sexism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Rape

bwaymadeline's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring 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

david kostyk i adore you

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

jennalwiegand's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? No

4.5

Really loved this book! I have to say it was wayyyy better than the king of scars in my opinion. I loved the character development and general badassery of the female characters, the diverse cast and the cameos from the Dregs. My only “issue” was that a new point of view was added that I didn’t love, but I understand why it was there. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder

lyonsdenprojects's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Miscarriage