Reviews tagging 'Death'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

203 reviews

charli_bear's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Mental illness, War, and Suicidal thoughts

sea_sea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book focused a lot on Alina and Nikolai building up defenses against the Darkling. I think I almost liked it more that the first book. It ended on such a Cliffhanger though ;^;. 
Sometimes this book is a bit week from a storytelling perspective, but the characters definitely make up for it!!! Alina, David, Genya, Nikolai, Tolya, Tamar, Zoya - literal PERFECTION!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, War, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Alcohol, and Child death

mia_luvsreading'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

thegrishaverse's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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

taylorswiftobsessed'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship

elsaehho's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

lia_24's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault and Death

valpyre's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

overall, i found the pacing of this series to be almost perfect for me. the way that theres always something big happening multiple times and spread out over the course of the books is really interesting and makes sense for the setting -- pieces are always moving and people are always planning, and it keeps me on my toes.

i like alina as a character -- i think her development is really interesting as she processes who she is and wants to be, and i liked how she did her best to step up and do things strategically (with help, of course). the development of her powers was really interesting as well, and i like how that reflected in her connection to the darkling throughout.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and War