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Shadow and Bone

Leigh Bardugo

3.82 AVERAGE


Creía que era un enemies to lovers, pero no hay nada que me guste más que un childhood friends to lovers
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous mysterious 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

Such a fast and cosy reread after a bit of a slump 

I heard so many amazing things about this book and it has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I finally opened it yesterday and finished it today. I wanted to love it. I love a dark love interest but the relationship with the darkling was SO under developed it was barely there. Also Mal, are we serious???? The boy who never really noticed her? Who didn’t like her until she was ThE ChOsEn OnE. No thanks I’m good. Not sure if I will read the second one.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Solid, enjoyed the magic system, the turn at the end felt contrived.

ehhhhh i must say that i found the protagonist a little bit irritating ':). especially in the first half or so! but i wanted to keep reading, to see what happened. i quite enjoyed certain parts, but i did roll my eyes on multiple occasions.. :)

oh also not happy to learn that the elements borrowed from russian culture weren't well researched at all. like the main character having the male version of a surname- starkov when it would have been starkova.. and rather silly that they were getting drunk off of kvass, when it's basically non-alcoholic lol ;)...

"What is infinite? The universe and the greed of men."
adventurous sad 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

OMG. I just can't even...

3.5

Rocky start, great ending. Review to come!

yes, I do understand why people dislike this book. Did I hate it? no. Did I love it? also no. This book really was hard to rate for me, because I didn't really liked Alina or Mal but loved the world building and magic system. I rated it 4 stars because I felt like this book was really easy for me to get through and even though I did not really liked Alina, there still were things that made me want to read futher. So, I do understand it's not for everyone but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.