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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

41 reviews

epellicci's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

By far the best book of the series, Ruin and Rising smashed my expectations. Bardugo delivers action, emotion, twists, and suspense in the final installment of her Grishaverse trilogy. Considerably picking up the pace, Ruin and Rising drew me into the moment from the very beginning. There is more of the gritty darkness in this book, which I loved when reading Six of Crows. It fit the story perfectly, and added an integrity which I feel had been missing earlier on in the series. I loved the care Bardugo took in honing each characters personality in this book, and the emotional connection this enabled, making the story feel led by more than just Alina's perspective. This book is everything I love about Bardugo's writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder and Torture

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

kitza2000's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This book broke my heart into so many pieces, I loved the series with all my heart and gave me strong characters I will always be able to relate to and made me believe that one person can change the world, but they cannot do it alone.
I don’t understand the hate that this series, I hold it very dear in my heart, and genuinely didn’t want it to end 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Genocide, Torture, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, War, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

shrutislibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Blood

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, Murder, and Violence

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

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

lauconn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Grief and Violence

Minor: Body horror, Rape, and Torture

emmagrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Suicide, Torture, and Vomit

a_novaturient_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Torture

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

victorianrogue's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Sexual content, and Torture

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Definitely better than Siege and Storm, but not nearly as good as the Six of Crows duology.  I didn't especially love the ending, but overall it was a good conclusion to a good series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Rape, Kidnapping, and Infidelity