Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

39 reviews

enchantressreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

Minor: Suicide

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Torture, Murder, Grief, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

meg384's review against another edition

adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.75

Again a fun page-turner!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

In the final installment in the Grisha trilogy, Alina must gather what is left of her supporters to go up against the Darkling. 

Everyone I’ve seen talking about this trilogy seemed to agree that Siege and Storm was the worst of the three books, but I honestly thought Ruin and Rising was the weakest story. Did I still blow through it in a weekend? Yes. But the ending felt like a letdown after the previous books.

I’ve seen some debate over whether or not Alina should have kept her powers in the end; and I think I fall on the side of her being able to retain at least some of them (maybe reduced?). It felt too much like Mal could never be happy with her if she remained Grisha, and that is just not a good enough reason for her to lose her power. I didn’t like their relationship much to begin with—definitely a little too close to a Katniss/Gale vibe for my liking—and while it got slightly better in this book, I never got completely on board.

I found Nikolai’s storyline the most intriguing (he’s just the best!) and I hope that we get more details about it in King of Scars.

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just the vibe of the ending):

Happy enough, I guess? But a little disappointing, in my opinion.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

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, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

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

Minor: Death of parent

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

princess_azula's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood

christy_0909's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

By far my favorite book of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. I love the plot way more in this book than the others even if I still liked Nikolai and the Darkling more than Mal XD 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Torture

pinpilinpaux's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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: Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Emotional abuse, and Blood