Reviews tagging 'Death'

Regatul Luminilor by Leigh Bardugo

235 reviews

mdal26's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, War, and Death

livvya's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, War, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Vomit, Child abuse, Rape, Murder, and Death of parent

petradannibale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Gore

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Kidnapping, War, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Torture

caelfind's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Mal is a terrible character, and it was very disheartening that his misogynistic behaviour was given a free pass. The ending was anticlimactic and disappointing, and a lack of scenes with The Darkling served to lower the stakes of the last battle in a way that was unhelpful for the reader’s interest. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexism, and Death

mckiheather's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Death, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Misogyny, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Sexual content, and Suicide

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

3.75

Ruin and Rising starts strong with Alina, Mal and all the other Grisha hiding in the White Cathedral, growing Alina's holly following, and escaping the Apparat's schemes. After that, they head towards the Spinning Wheel and reunite with Nikolai. These events also bring back Baghra and a few other (not so) beloved characters. 

Regarding characters, this book creates a few important arcs that open doors for the King of Scars duology. I also enjoyed reading about the group's journey towards the Spinning Wheel and their expedition looking for the Firebird. It allowed space to watch them grow tighter and learn to work together as a team. Despite this, I have liked the Alina-Darkling interactions to be more deeply explored, in the sense that I wanted them to better build up to the ending the author designed for both characters. 

Finally, the Darkling's and Mal's fates annoyed me. While the first one's death was mundane and, in a way, didn't seem fitting for the character's relevance throughout the story, the other's survival sounded unlikely and was poorly explained. I appreciated the trilogy's ending and how it turned into a full-circle moment for the main character, but I believe a few tweaks could have made it more memorable.

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1st Read (2020): 4.25 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship

madalina0_0's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, War, Murder, and Death

justagirlwithbooks's review against another edition

3.25

"They had an ordinary life, full of ordinary things—if love can ever be called that."

I can't believe I actually managed to read this book in one day! There were parts I liked, parts that I didn't like, but all in all I liked the ending to this trilogy. There were quite a few quotes that I liked too, more in this book compared to the other two. I'm looking forward to reading King of Scars and seeing where Nikolai's story picks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence

shrik3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, and Murder