Reviews

Regatul furtunilor by Leigh Bardugo

inarai's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense 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

alli_thebookgiraffe's review against another edition

4.0

This was such an improvement from the previous book. For me, I think the book was a lot better than the previous one because I am a character driven reader. If you are a plot driven reader, you may feel different. The book started off with a boom and then slowed way down and had a lot of character and story building. I think this book is mostly a setup for the next book. It is quite slow through the middle but I didn't mind it much. I flew through this book.
I am excited to get to the King of Scars because I really love Nikolai's character. I think the issues I had with the previous book were mostly resolved in this one. I will have to see in the next one how it all ends. Alina was a bit of a naïve character in the previous book and I like her development in this book. I also like that the darkling was left out of this book for a majority of it.

taciallen's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

This one was a bit slower than the first, but still kept me reading. My favorite character in this world was introduced, so I love this book for that alone. Nicholai Lantsov>>

liza_just_me's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

bookdragondani's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

4.0

jasmine6563's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

zoldyeck's review against another edition

4.0

“The less you say, the more weight your words will carry.”

I liked the first book more than this one. I enjoyed reading it but a few things were missing and I had problems dealing with Alina. She is so annoying. In this book, we feel that she has matured and I can see that she is trying to come to terms with her power and the huge responsibility that comes with it but I just don't like her :/

We also get to know Mal a little bit better. I like his loyalty and how much he cares about Alina. He is insecure but that's because of Alina's confusion and selfishness. (another reason that makes me not like her) Also, Nikolai is a great addition!! I love him ❤ BUT the darkling wasn't there as much as I wanted him to be :(

I will start reading the last book soon. I'm interested to see how things will go.

lauretta07_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.25

raeswainpage's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 I didn't like this one as much as the first. While the beginning was exciting, I didn't like how the book didn't pick up again until the last couple of chapters. It was a lot of the common YA tropes that I'm a little tired of at this point (but I can understand that this was written before a lot of those tropes were overdone).

I still love Leigh Bardugo's writing overall, so I'm still picking up the next one! I want to see more of the Darkling and more about how this series ends.

jgnchwalinska's review against another edition

3.0

2.75