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Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

50 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.25

I enjoyed this book, I enjoyed this world! But the story was a little convoluted and had lots of moving parts, and my love for Nikolai waned throughout this book (not for any particular thing he did or didn’t do, but I lost my connection with him because of everything else going on). I loved the twists and turns at the end of the book because I really didn’t know how it would work out, and I like that the ending is open-ended for another duology/trilogy in the Grishaverse in the future. This book was definitely a culmination of the books that are already out and you see glimpses of characters (good and bad) from the other books in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, War, Misogyny, Sexism, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Rape, Xenophobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Alcohol, Body shaming, Torture, Trafficking, Lesbophobia, and Pedophilia

jess_garner's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

3.75

the writing’s not great, but the characters and the plot are brilliant 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Drug use, Xenophobia, Violence, Addiction, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Torture

doitsushine92's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Body horror, Xenophobia, Grief, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Death, Trafficking, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Racism, Religious bigotry, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Drug use, and Addiction

themiscyra_anna's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, War, Alcohol, and Drug use

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Medical trauma, Gore, Dysphoria, Rape, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Minor: Miscarriage and Religious bigotry

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, War, Misogyny, Torture, Addiction, Blood, Death, Racism, Drug use, Xenophobia, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Body horror, and Slavery

Moderate: Rape and Miscarriage

Minor: Colonisation, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

kiwij96's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

4.75

My heart is so full after finishing this book. It honestly broke me at times but it has also brought me so much joy. What an excellent way to end a series - with a finale, but with scope for so much more.

The characters I fell in love with from the start of their respective series' all returned in some way, shape or form and their stories overlapped so perfectly I am in awe. I laughed, I cried, my heart was broken and was filled with joy and love. 

This is a 5-star story for me, however, I found my version of the book was riddled with pre-print typos (specifically words that had accidental spaces in the middle of them, and one or two words missing letters) and that took me out of the story a bit which is disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, and Death

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Addiction, Drug use, Alcohol, Rape, and Suicide

adamparrishlover's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexism, and War

Moderate: Grief and Chronic illness

Minor: Fatphobia

ali_k0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Miscarriage, Infertility, Death, Sexism, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Misogyny, and Genocide

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Chronic illness, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Drug abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Trafficking

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

Amazing ending to the saga. Did not expect to cry so much but everything that happens is handled with outmost care. These characters will be in my heart forever
(TW: mention of past almost child marriage, arranged marriages, racism all brief. Other tw are more described but all well handled)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, and War

Minor: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship

jessicaludden's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

3.0

“She would forever be a bloodthirsty, furious girl, but she might allow herself to be something else too.”

I really wanted to like this series more. It just felt unnecessary. It was trying to do a lot and ended up doing nothing. I like these characters enough, but I feel like we barely got to see them even in a 500+ page book. This book was very focused on the war and the Grishaverse in general and kind of overlooked it’s own characters. The only times I found myself getting excited were when the Crows were in the picture. Overall, I loved seeing these characters again but this series didn’t really do much for me.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Murder, Miscarriage, War, Misogyny, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, and Sexism