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kirstenpod_'s review
adventurous
dark
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Blood
Minor: War, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Self harm
michelles_book_nook's review
adventurous
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
⚠️ TW: self-harm, murder ⚠️ This book is so stunning both visually and with its stories. The Lives of Saints, or Istorii Sankt'ya as it is referred to in the Grishaverse books, is a collection of tales about the saints from the Grishaverse and how they gained their sainthoods. This book is so amazing and helps you to become even more wholly immersed into the incredible fantasy world of the Grishaverse by learning of the stories mentioned so regularly throughout the books. Also, this book is fully illustrated and is just so beautiful and such a keepsake for anyone that adores the Grishaverse and its books. Overall, I cannot recommend this book highly enough and is one I will definitely read again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Self harm and Murder
penofpossibilities's review
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, and Self harm
Moderate: Child death, Child abuse, Torture, and Murder
Minor: War, Trafficking, and Terminal illness
emily_mh's review
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I don't know how else to describe this other than luscious - it felt just like reading a book of fairy tales and for that reason was very nostalgic too. The illustrations were absolutely incredible. I also loved seeing more world-building, especially of Shu Han!
NB: Content warnings may not be fully comprehensive.
NB: Content warnings may not be fully comprehensive.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Child death, Confinement, Murder, and Self harm
pauliina_thebookaholicdreamer's review
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
I love collections of fairytales connected to a fictional fantasy world.
The Lives of Saints is exactly that but it also includes beautiful illustrations throughout.
This is a book that would be nice and spooky to listen to as read by someone else in a small wooden cabin in the middle of the woods. It achieves the spooky-fairytale vibe pretty well!
However, many of the fairytales are <i> very </i> short and they end all of a sudden. I felt that most stories needed more work to make them intriguing to their full potential. We are given very little time to get know to any of the saints and then it's difficult to be strongly affected when awful things happen.
Let's talk about the awful things. This book has a bunch of <b> trigger warnings: </b> violence, gore, bullying, starvation, mutilation, death, drowning, self-harm inc cutting. And probably other things too!
The Lives of Saints is supposed to be a children's book in the Grisha universe and I don't really see that here. Most of the stories very almost comically violent with all the awful things happening to everyone. I felt like the violence was forced in to make sure that the reader understands how rough it is to grow up in the Grisha universe with all these death-filled children's tales etc etc. It was a bit too much and the violence didn't add much to the fairytales, I started to expect that everyone will die by the end.
The Lives of Saints is exactly that but it also includes beautiful illustrations throughout.
This is a book that would be nice and spooky to listen to as read by someone else in a small wooden cabin in the middle of the woods. It achieves the spooky-fairytale vibe pretty well!
However, many of the fairytales are <i> very </i> short and they end all of a sudden. I felt that most stories needed more work to make them intriguing to their full potential. We are given very little time to get know to any of the saints and then it's difficult to be strongly affected when awful things happen.
Let's talk about the awful things. This book has a bunch of <b> trigger warnings: </b> violence, gore, bullying, starvation, mutilation, death, drowning, self-harm inc cutting. And probably other things too!
The Lives of Saints is supposed to be a children's book in the Grisha universe and I don't really see that here. Most of the stories very almost comically violent with all the awful things happening to everyone. I felt like the violence was forced in to make sure that the reader understands how rough it is to grow up in the Grisha universe with all these death-filled children's tales etc etc. It was a bit too much and the violence didn't add much to the fairytales, I started to expect that everyone will die by the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Gore, and Bullying
shelleyreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Self harm
bibookworm's review
dark
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
5/5 Stars. Leigh Bardugo dips back into the Grishaverse with weird and wicked tales of the saints who are worshipped across the Grishaverse. The story’s were weird and dark and beautiful and I expected nothing less form our goth overlord.
TW: one of the saints has blood which heals others so she cuts herself to produce life giving blood and there is pictures of cuts with her story.
TW: one of the saints has blood which heals others so she cuts herself to produce life giving blood and there is pictures of cuts with her story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood and Self harm
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