Reviews

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

aqualegni's review against another edition

5.0

I’ve seen a lot of people saying they hated the ending to this trilogy but I thought it was amazing!!

m0onbug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I wish she didnt lose her powers at the end 😭

However, this book was a great finale to the series, the series as a whole was very enjoyable and i wpuld highly reccoment

jhoyes13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

rbcaqk's review against another edition

3.0

3.5

miaradies's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

seakay05's review against another edition

3.0

As I've said for the last two books in this series, I felt that Ruin and Rising was a little flat for me. Again, though, Bardugo is so good at weaving a story, so I never felt inclined to abandon the read at all, but I felt for some reason that I was a little detached from the story. I think, though, that this was definitely a little more fast-paced and interesting for me than Siege and Storm, and for that, I'd give this a 3.5. Still engaging and appealing to me!

stephnew's review

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

bookshelvesoverflowing's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

4.5

laelyn's review against another edition

4.0

Ein tolles Finale einer tollen Trilogie: "Lodernde Schwingen" hält, was die Vorgänger versprechen.
Auch im letzten Teil der Trilogie finden sich einige Längen, und manche Story-Entscheidungen sind ein bisschen zu offensichtlich (Ein Beispiel: Nikolais Schicksal, das in seiner Abwesenheit für den Hauptteil der Geschichte mündet und somit gewissen Storysträngen, die ihn und Alina betreffen, praktischerweise zu einem frühen Ende verhelfen).
Trotz dieser Schwächen bringt Bardugo ihre Trilogie zu einem spannenden, passenden Ende, das sowohl Alinas Geschichte sinnvoll (und für mich zufriedenstellend) abschließt, als auch Lust auf mehr Abenteuer in dieser Welt macht.
Die Entwicklung der einzelnen Charaktere ist gelungen, bis zum Ende fiebert man mit ihnen mit. Obwohl ich in Teil 1 noch ein wenig unbeeindruckt von Alina als Protagonistin war, hat sie mich spätestens in diesem Band von sich überzeugt und wird mir im Gedächtnis bleiben.
Die Übersetzung ist weiterhin super, da gibt es nichts zu meckern. Daher: Wie auch der Rest der Trilogie absolut empfehlenswert!

sorapast's review against another edition

4.0

Read the first half and found sth I didn't like, so I put the book aside for like a month. Then I came back to it and enjoyed the following chapters, the first plot twist shook me, and the second one I should have seen coming but I didn't, and it shook me almost as much as the first one. They felt a bit deus-ex-machina for me, and the story had a too-happy ending, I expected more people to die, especially the second main character. Overall I liked it and highly recommend it.

Fav. quote: "We put on our best clothes and die like heroes".