Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

75 reviews

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Classism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and Vomit

kat_andherbooks's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I am very disappointed by that ending. Alina for me is deeply annoying and most of her choices infuriate me. Most of the time I can barely stand her inner monologue. She knows that what she’s doing is immature but she can’t help herself. HOWEVER, what is a saving grace for this book is Nikolai and the world building. I can’t deny that the author is very good at describing places and building a while word form almost nothing. As for Nikolai, finally we have someone that has questionable ethics but is very charming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gore, and Blood

e_emmaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Infidelity, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, War, Child death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

undecidedpersonality's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Classism, and Torture

Minor: Genocide, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

wishyouweresober's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, War, Torture, Murder, and Violence

klsreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Minor: Child death

midnightcomets's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-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

3.5

Ι love these characters and this story, but I really couldn't handle that amount of romantic drama, at least not currently. Of course I will continue with Ruin and Rising at some point! 

P.S I could write an entire essay on Alina's journey and its connection to trauma 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Gore, War, and Stalking

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

4.5

In th3 second instalment of the Shadow & Bone saga, we get introduced to a new set of characters helping Alina and Mal first to support themselves in exile and then return to Ravka and fight the Darkling. We get more magical creatures (took me until I saw all covers next to each other how brilliantly the cover design ties into the story), we go back to Little Palace and are reunited with some of the Grisha we already met in the first book. I cannot wait to see ho  the story unfolds and concludes in the following book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Violence, War, Medical content, Cursing, Death, and Alcoholism

av0universe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War and Misogyny

jiao_li's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Continuing Alina's journey to confront the Darkling, "Siege and Storm" pretty much focuses on her role as the Sun Summoner and her mission to locate other amplifiers.

Following the events of "Shadow and Bone," Alina and Mal are now together. So the book also includes their romance and explores the complexities of their relationship. This addition injects a refreshing twist into the story, a much-needed change from what I found a bit boring.

What I find the most interesting aspect of the book is the introduction of new characters. I like Nikolai and the twins, Tolya and Tamar. Nikolai is pretty charming and with his brilliant mind, he pretty much steals the show. Maybe this book would be more interesting if he appeared more. Tolya and Tamar are also interesting characters; they are strong and unique.

I must admit this book was an improvement from the first one, but I still pretty much skimmed the contents because it was boring. While certainly better, I wouldn't go so far as to label it great—it's just okay. I keep going because I'm curious about the Grishaverse and I want to at least know what happened in each book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence