Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

8 reviews

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

In the beginning I thought this book was a bit boring just like the second book. But I take it back! Later on this book caught my full attention! And the ending is AMAZING it is worth the hype!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Physical abuse, War, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, and Violence

seren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Blood, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, and Sexism

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Grief, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Physical abuse and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content

sammymilfort's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

kaetheluise_nckl'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: Blood, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Animal death, Murder, Physical abuse, War, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Suicide attempt

classicism, victim blaming, discrimination, persecution for witchcraft, PTSD, self-sacrifice, sickness, scars, explosion, knife violence, physical assault and poisoning captivity, blackmail, hostage situation, exile and banishment

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? No

5.0

The book overall was awesome. The character development of some characters was truly lovely to read and the end is a literal emotional rollercoaster so prepare yourselves a good amount of tissues!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

missbee1239's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

This was probably my favorite book in the whole series. I loved the character development throughout the book and the plot twist at the end was totally unexpected. I loved the ending most importantly and I could not think of a better ending. No 5 stars because of Alina's lack of personality. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

beatriks's review

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