Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Regatul Luminilor by Leigh Bardugo

65 reviews

lilly_anne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Torture, Murder, Grief, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Death of parent, and Body horror

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

lotturtle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, War, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

loonieslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I liked this book. I thought it was a lot better than Siege & Storm which I really didn’t like except for the fact that nikolai was introduced. The pace of this book felt more enjoyable to read for me and just interesting things were happening for once. Sometimes it did feel a bit repetitive like things kept going wrong every step they took to the point where I was like “Okay, Leigh...let them be for like a second maybe?” but in the end, I did like all those turns. 

This may not be one of the best fantasy series out there but one of the reasons why I’m really sad this ended is because the female characters in these books are simply amazing. Alina, Genya, and Zoya are some of my favourite fictional characters ever. They’re all so interesting and badass in their own ways! Zoya was easily the best character in this one so I’m very excited to read King of Scars soon. 

My next opinion and one that may be the most controversial is...I like The Darkling. Not as a person, not as a romantic interest for alina but as a villain. I think his story is interesting, his motives are clear and I looked forward to read about him. What he did was absolutely terrible, don’t get me wrong, but come on...he was fun. 

I gave Ruin & Rising 4 stars. I think it was a good way to wrap up the story although I don’t fully agree with the ending.

I get it. I get why she had to lose her powers. I get why she ended up with Mal. I get that. But why? 

I do really like the fact that she ended up owning the orphanage together with Mal. I think that was a nice, wholesome way for Alina to end up but you can tell she is empty. That scene where she is touching the sunbeams with her fingers honestly breaks my heart. Like Alina said herself, she died in that battle.

I also hated how the show gave away The Darkling’s name like it was nothing. That scene and his death would have hit 10 times harder for me had I not known his name. And I was already nearly crying so you can imagine what a mess I would’ve have been. 

I knew a lot of the spoilers of course because I’m on grishaverse twitter. Though I had no clue Mal was the third amplifier and, honestly, I wasn’t shocked. my reaction was more like “...what?” Though it makes sense I guess. 

Last thought what was the point of the cat? Please tell me cause I would like to know.

Now I can finally move on to Six Of Crows and read about Kanej. Praise the saints! Though Alina will forever be in my heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Death of parent

sooreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

natalliajayne's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexual content

rayne_1906's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

3 hours 30 minutes - This was a well-written, engaging conclusion to the series. It contained good plot-twists that seem to come out of nowhere but make sense once you think about it. The characters mostly seem realistic, although there were times where I felt some improvement could be made. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Medical content, and War

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, and Gun violence

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Death of parent

beatriks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.25

After a mediocre second book (with a cliffhanger), I went on with the final part. This didn’t disappoint me, I liked the character and plot developments, although I’m not fully convinced of the ending’s likeliness. 

But then again, this is YA fantasy, so I’ll be forgiving. :) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, and Violence