Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Regatul Luminilor by Leigh Bardugo

65 reviews

christy_0909's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

By far my favorite book of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy. I love the plot way more in this book than the others even if I still liked Nikolai and the Darkling more than Mal XD 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Torture

shrutislibrary's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Blood

kaiulanilee's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

By far my favorite of the three. I think the pacing and character work was the most well done and I found her writing developed really well. I had often felt while reading the other two that she was teetering on the edge of making things dark but not doing so because they’re YA novels. I think Ruin & Rising had the perfect amount of darkness and graphic descriptions to it where it felt both hard hitting but also appropriate for its age group. All in all, a super solid fantasy novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I think this one might be my favorite of the trilogy. Even if the ending was a bit too convenient. The pacing felt better to me than the second one (which dragged quite a bit for me). The twists in the plot helped to keep the plot moving at a good pace and some of the side characters grew on me. Alina still isn't my favorite narrator, but I loved her little group of rebels. They were great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Rape, Toxic relationship, and Body horror

Minor: Body shaming and Mental illness

deezy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Blood and Toxic relationship

kris386's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gun violence

megplant's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Suicide

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Leigh Bardugo brought the Shadow and Bone trilogy to a fantastic end that is beautifully balanced in tragedy and happiness. Her writing gives vibrant visuals of the Grishaverse, along with a great story arc to Alina as she seeks out the balance in responsibility with her own desires for how her life will turn out. Very excited to continue on with the Grishaverse in the Six of Crows duo!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape and Toxic relationship

ellieprb05's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

immdani's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Grief, Gun violence, and Violence