Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

76 reviews

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

like most YA trilogies the middle book is often necessary, but also ... not a lot happens between the beginning and the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

veenotme's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Ahhhh echt dit boek, ik begin een beetje anti alina te worden door haar lust naar power maar gelukkig werd ze richting het einde iets beter en ik heb echt gehuild om het hele mal-alina gebeuren. En waarom eindigt elk boek met geen sprankje hoop?!! Ik ga meteen door met het derde boek lezen haha maar aan het einde van boek twee was een mini interview met de schrijfster en daar stond in dat niet iedereen het derde boek gaat overleven; als mal dood gaat overleven mijn boeken het ook niet😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Genocide

tays_books's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

casdelvo's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual violence and Torture

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Confinement, Violence, Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Racism, Gun violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Body horror, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Drug use, Fatphobia, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

theblushbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

The sequel did not disappoint! I felt so much for Alina throughout this book. Even if she is the Sun Summoner her struggles are always incredibly relatable. I’m always rooting for her; time will tell if I root for her and Mal as couple though. Still highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

thegrishaverse's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Grief, Violence, Blood, and Murder

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

The first book was better in my opinion. The action came early in this book and too much happened at once. The book got better as the story proceeded but I do think that some part are boring and unnecessary for the storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Violence, War, Death, Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

effy's review

2.5

This was the weakest book in the trilogy and honestly was a bit of a slog to get through. Mal and Alina's relationship just wasn't believable as a romantic one to the point that I had to keep reminding myself that Alina's 

dislike of Zoya was because she was being territorial.

 

I literally finished this book this morning and I am struggling to think what happened in this book. 

I know there was questing for amplifiers, most of the second army dies, Mal is a dick and doesn't listen to Alina, the Darkling and Alina have some chats... tbh, that basically summarises this book in fewer words!

 

The only redeeming thing about this book was that we meet the amazing character that is Nikolai.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Murder, Incest, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, and Grief