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Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

nikawero's review against another edition

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4.0

Mam wrażenie, że 80% książki jest rozwleczone, a dopiero pod koniec stała się większość akcji
Ale spoko było, tylko Mal nudny jak zawsze

annaprifti's review against another edition

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4.0

The book in general was really good, I just don’t know how I feel about the ending yet. Wasn’t expecting things to go the way they did

nerdbook's review against another edition

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2.0

Una perdita di tempo. Non mi aveva appassionato il primo, ma ero curiosa.

Non mi aveva appassionato il secondo, ma ormai dovevo finire la saga.

Non mi ha appassionata il terzo e tornando indietro non rileggerei neanche il primo perché l'unico personaggio interessante della saga (l'unico di cui vorrei leggere qualcosa di più) ha avuto pochissime pagine dedicate.

tacotexas's review

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

thebookgem's review against another edition

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4.0

Slay

theemolibrocubicularist's review against another edition

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5.0

One of my favorites

I definitely consider this series as one of my favorites. I love how Alina's journey ended with this book and I look forward to reading the side stories.

madame_medusa's review against another edition

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4.0

I haven't ugly cried to a book in a while. I feel raw, I feel love, I feel hate, and just a deep bittersweet feeling in my gut...

I'm trying to organise my thoughts on this series but when I try to I just want to cry (not necessarily tears of sadness)

I'd normally be mad that the main protagonist loses her powers and I was sad when it happened but it happened so beautifully. The story switched from the "chosen one" saving the day to a collective? I think that's the word - oh well I'm using it now - and Alina's ending was so sweet and I feel was just so true to her character. In this book, I was able to really warm up to Mal and their ending together crushed me in the best possible way.

I felt so compassionate for the monster Aleksander. His end really killed me on how right it felt...

I don't know if I'm making sense in this review because I am an emotional mess right now.

I think the only reason I didn't give it five stars was because just wish there was more! More time spent with every character.

I've loved the world, I loved the conclusion, I might have to reread parts on the amplifiers to make sure I really understood the connection between Mal and Alina. I loved the mythology and religious side of it. I love the Small Science. I just thought it was all done really creatively! Which is why I ache! I ACHE for more!


Damn, I hope to become a great writer because I want to be able to provoke this much emotion out of my readers some day.

rkle's review against another edition

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3.0

Not much to say, ok story just kind of boring and am pretty glad it’s over.

chelseaviolet's review

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adventurous dark medium-paced

4.75

divinedemireader's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.0

Great ending to the series!! Definitely my favorite of the trilogy. 
Something I noticed during this book was that it was difficult to distinguish how she felt for any of her love interests at any given point and I still definitely think the side characters carry (this opinion would definitely be different if I read this when I was younger but the mindset is very young cause that’s the audience it’s geared towards)