Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

6 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

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

lujisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Child death, Murder, Death, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual content

jengeraae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

Minor: Rape

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

moss_adventures's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Abandonment