Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

150 reviews

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Murder, Death, Gore, and Violence

bookswstella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t get the ”wow-feeling” but it was good! Between all of the three books I liked Siege and Storms the most!

In like the end of Siege and storms I started to wondering whether if I wanted Alina to end up with Mal or Nikolai, and that thought followed me through Ruin and Rising too!

I still don’t know if I would have liked it more if Alina ended up with Nikolai.

My favorite character from R&R is definitely Misha!! I adore the the small little moments when Mal is With Misha, especially when Misha is curled up against Mal! Those moments make me like Mal more!

I think all three of these books had pretty long boring parts, like in my opinion the book was kinda only thrilling when it was ”war”. Those boring parts was what didn’t give the triology the ”Wow-feeling”.

But I love the moments where the darkling shows himself vulnerable because that makes him more human which I like. 
And I also love that you get to know his real name! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Abandonment, Grief, and Slavery

nisha_27's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Sexual content

Minor: Cursing and Sexual assault

deannab's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I devoured these books. I read all of them in a span of a week. The story was interesting and kept me guessing.

I'm sad the author kills off so many characters, especially Harshaw, it just felt unnecessary. I thought he was a really funny side character.

I enjoyed all the character's growth and the bonding. I loved

that Mal and Alina finally get to be happy together. Still, I screamed at Mal's death and almost cried happy tears at his revival.

This book left me emotionally fatigued because I cared about all of the characters. I look forward to reading more of Bardugo's books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War

bootsmom3'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Death, Grief, and War

Moderate: Gore and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent and Blood

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Grief, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

ewwniamh's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

don’t get attached to the side characters 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Murder, Death, Gore, Blood, Genocide, and Grief

Minor: Torture, Sexual assault, and Rape

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

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Rape

monbeam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicide, and Death

Moderate: Blood