Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

65 reviews

britgirlreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Minor: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Violence, Blood, and Misogyny

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

mariethem1lf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, and Murder

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Sexual assault

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

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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

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, War, Death, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Alcohol, Gun violence, Grief, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

lish_e's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

3.5

“Someone to mourn me. (…) Don’t let me be alone.”

Definitely better than the second book. 
Still, I didn’t like the way it ended. Also, I would have liked more appearances from the Darkling and from Nikolai. Both characters had more potential and carried a lot of scenes for me.
Despite that it had intriguing moments that made me continue to read and it was easy to get into it. 
As a whole the trilogy was a pleasant read and overall, I enjoyed it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, and Grief

krijemseoddusana's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

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