Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

47 reviews

lish_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

“Someone to mourn me. (…) Don’t let me be alone.”

Definitely better than the second book. 
Still, I didn’t like the way it ended. Also, I would have liked more appearances from the Darkling and from Nikolai. Both characters had more potential and carried a lot of scenes for me.
Despite that it had intriguing moments that made me continue to read and it was easy to get into it. 
As a whole the trilogy was a pleasant read and overall, I enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

The book overall was awesome. The character development of some characters was truly lovely to read and the end is a literal emotional rollercoaster so prepare yourselves a good amount of tissues!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

mustnotblink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

Siege and Storm ended with Alina defeated and struggling for hope; Ruin and Rising is her journey figuring out how to move forward. Things are dark in Ravka and every move the Sun Summoner’s party makes is on a razor’s edge.

People die. Some friendships are strained while others are shown to be steel and the fate of Ravka is decided. Without spoiling anything, I can say it is an intense ride! I read it in one sitting.

Bonus Points: Queer content treated like its normal where none of the known queers are buried in the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, War, and Rape

readitandweep's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

"na razrusha'ya. i am not ruined.  e'ya razrushost. i am ruination."

i love every single one of these characters. alina, mal, zoya, genya, david etc. i just love all of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Rape, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit

missbee1239's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

This was probably my favorite book in the whole series. I loved the character development throughout the book and the plot twist at the end was totally unexpected. I loved the ending most importantly and I could not think of a better ending. No 5 stars because of Alina's lack of personality. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

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

limiwh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Grief, Gore, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

erovelo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

alaynatabor's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death and Toxic relationship