Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

20 reviews

vnfhcxksiw's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jackiejeickaj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Writing this review in the middle of Ruin and Rising because I was too lazy to do it earlier.
I liked this book! It was a good continuation of Shadow and Bone. I loved Sturmhond's character, he was such a strong addition to the series. I liked the plot and the ideas of this book. However, I have issues with the execution.

Alina is at the Little Palace for a while in the book. This is mostly glossed over. I believe this was a mistake. The side characters, specifically the ones who survive the battle at the end of the book, are painfully underdeveloped. Like, seriously. Zoya is a bully. David is basically a stereotypical autistic person (I'm sorry but it's true). Nadia exists. Genya is great and all but she's in the book for like 2 minutes. These characters desperately need some depth

. Also,

I am not sure how I feel about what this book did to Mal. I really like him in the first book where he is, well. I dunno. I am feeling ambivalent about - on one hand, it makes sense, on the other, it all feels too needless .

Finally,

merzost

is sick as fuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

casdelvo's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual violence and Torture

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, Torture, Xenophobia, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Alcohol

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 8/10. Alina and Mal are both annoying and I don't like them but because they are so annoying, they deserve each other because neither one should be subjected onto anyone else. With that being said, I love Nikolai even if he is a little sh*t. I also really enjoy the twins. I liked how this book had more of a plot than the first one did. Also, I feel like this one was more rich and had more depth than the first one. The ending was jarring but not entirely terrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

lqne's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, and War

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Overall great book, but I still preferred the first one. It was very slow at first, but it really picked up towards the end. Honestly, I was not expecting that many character deaths. Some of those were a but out of pocket. However, I was really excited to meet many characters and grow some old ones. I particularly loved Tamar and Nikolai. Although I wasn’t particularly fond of Zoya, I still appreciated how Bardugo developed her character in this book. I’m excited for what is to come in the next book as I am still very much in love with the world and NIKOLAI LANTSOV. Additionally, I really appreciated the bonus Genya chapter because she was always one of my favorite characters from book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

melanieisprobablyreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt

junenoble's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and War

Moderate: Stalking and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt