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themiscyra_anna's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, War, Self harm, Violence, Gaslighting, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent and Suicide
Rape / sexual violence is in the past but discussed at length featuring the aggressor and the victim in a small court-like settingitsmemiana's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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? Yes
5.0
GURLLLL this was such a good ending for the trilogy.
I still think a certain someone deserved worst for everything he did but oh well. I loved the confort of the last few pages. and I may or may not have shed a tear.... or maybe cried a lot who knows...
Nikolai has his own little space in my heart and I would love to have a chance to be his queen. 😌 I hope to see him in the other grishaverse books 🥺
I loved this trilogy and I definitely will be revisiting it one day.
I'm so excited to read the other grishaverse books, I've heard Six of Crows is even better so I'm sooooo excited.❤️
I still think a certain someone deserved worst for everything he did but oh well. I loved the confort of the last few pages. and I may or may not have shed a tear.... or maybe cried a lot who knows...
Nikolai has his own little space in my heart and I would love to have a chance to be his queen. 😌 I hope to see him in the other grishaverse books 🥺
I loved this trilogy and I definitely will be revisiting it one day.
I'm so excited to read the other grishaverse books, I've heard Six of Crows is even better so I'm sooooo excited.❤️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault
el13's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I love how LB wrapped up this series. I wish more of the character/thoughts/beliefs about the characters was implied rather than plainly stated. They were obvious, repetitive, and a little too simple. BUT perhaps I'm being too harsh for a YA book. And I seriously loved how she wrapped it up. This series can kind of be seen as a fantasy version of The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter, but unlike the end of Mockingjay, I loved this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War
Moderate: Emotional abuse
angelsfw's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Death, Gore, and Violence
bmreads's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
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
Mal had really grown on me by this point
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Rape
a_tiny_crow's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and War
Minor: Vomit and Stalking
rosaschaos's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
vennieelanadventures's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Way better than the second book of the trilogy. Wraped up everything nicely.
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism
leona's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
I can't decide whether to rate this 3 or 4 stars. I definitely enjoyed Siege and Storm more, just because Nikolai was a more present character, but Mal and Alina's relationship was a lot better in this book. I also want to try and be a bit more positive because my other review's were very negative. I don't think this is a bad series, and I can definitely understand why people enjoy it, but I think the generic plot and characters that you find in a lot of YA trilogies was what annoyed me. The plot never really seems very cohesive or like it knows where it is trying to go, and the books all felt quite repetitive in terms of plot. The world building over the trilogy has been pretty decent, however most of the characters time is spent in castle's and palace's or some random forest, so I don't think it is as well explored as it could be. I think the Russian influences are very captivating and quite unique in YA but I have heard that they weren't done very accurately. Now more specifically in this book, I think the character work was somewhat better for a main characters. Mal and Alina seemed more believable because they weren't constantly bickering. Bardugo is talented at creating characters, but I only really felt this with the Darkling and Nikolai. With the help of the Darkling's backstory, he becomes even more complex, as readers can almost sympathise with the poor, scared little boy that just wanted a friend that could relate to him. However the horrific things he does I don't think are redeemable, and I definitely don't agree with the Darklina ship. The side characters were also kind of irrelevant and some of the new ones just felt like they were thrown in just so Bardugo didn't have to kill off her main cast. I frankly didn't care if any of the side characters died. I will move onto spoilers now, and these will be some pretty big spoilers, I mean it. The Darkling's death. It was sad and I think it almost felt too easy, but I also thought it was kind of cool that he died in a very common way, stabbed with a dagger, rather than in some sort of light vs. dark spectacle. It reduced him back down to just another person. Mal's death was kind of pointless and irrelevant, and I wish that Bardugo would just have been brave enough to keep him dead. It just cheapens his 'death' because it doesn't really mean anything. I wasn't particularly sad that Alina lost her powers, however it annoyed me that this was the only way she could be with Mal, because he ultimately got what he wanted. It felt like her character development to that point was a waste, because she just returned to the same person she was at the start. Absolutely dependant on Mal. Nikolai's absence in this book annoyed me, because he is the only character I actually liked. I think I would have preferred and ending where Mal really died and Alina ended up with him. Also the scene with Genya, where Nikolai threatens to convict the King of rape was heart-breaking. It was probably the best scene of the book in my opinion, although I do kind of wish Nikolai had just killed the King there and then instead of showing him mercy, and exiling him to safety from the Darkling. I really hope we don't see the Darkling resurrected in a future book because I will be seriously p*ssed off. I also skim read the Darkling prequal story at the back of my copy, it was written fine, but it was kind of pointless in my opinion. Overall I think this story was okay, it just didn't really fully deliver in my opinion. My biggest gripes, as you well know, was some of the characters, the toxic relationships, plot armour / conveniences and bland side characters. I think Alina could have been so much more badass than she was. However, Bardugo's writing style was very manageable and digestable, which made the scenes very fast paced. I don't regret reading it and I would recommend it to teens that may be relatively new to reading.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, and Emotional abuse
ghostofthegallows's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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? Yes
4.5
A down gread from s&s but still very good. Mal is finsoy useful and has a personality!!. The plot did drag a bit. But with all said and done, a unsatisfying but logical ending, everything was tied up nicely but it will leave you a little unsatisfied. Very much enjoyed though
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, and Stalking