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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

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snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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lottie_moony's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

noorandbooks's review against another edition

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3.0

"Fine," he said with a weary shrug. "Make me your villain."

I had low expectations going in and they were shattered. I was expecting a really one dimensional story but Bardugo's writing and word choice, especially leading up to the ending, surprised me to hell and back and. WOW.

Alina was not as bad a protagonist as you all made her out to be. Did I hate her in the beginning? I'll be honest, yeah, she had the personality of a doormat and that would still be an insult to the doormat. But as more of her began to be revealed, I began to enjoy her patheticness a but more.

And Mal? I am not a Mal apologist because Mal did nothing wrong. Ever. The end.

The characters were a bit two dimensional but I still managed to fall in love with them (Genya xoxo hit me up when you're as tired of the Darkling's bullshit as I am). And the magic OH the magic was delightful... Grishaverse my beloved.

"Mal," I whispered into the night.
"What?"
"Thanks for finding me."
I wasn't sure if I was dreaming, but somewhere in the dark, I thought I heard him whisper, "Always."

bluejay3103's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? No

harrisonarachel's review against another edition

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4.0

Was a difficult start if I’m honest, heaps of big new words relating to the universe. But as soon as I got used to them, it was hard to put the book down. I love fantasy stories with magic, and power and fighting. There were some moments when I did want to vomit with the romance side of things, but mainly I was able to keep it down. The author really painted a vivid picture of her world, and I am really looking forward to continuing on reading the series.

star_crossed_lovers's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It felt really slow at the beginning. Though it got better closer to the middle, and really picked up. At the end, it just really fell flat with the loose ends, although I hope to see what happens in the next books. Worth reading, just maybe not the right time.