Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

17 reviews

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

this is my favourite grishaverse book, even over six of crows or crooked Kingdom. 
I am truly awestruck by how much I love this 
most importantly though: ZOYA!!!!! 
she's my fav character now I love her so very dearly 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Child death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Kidnapping, Dysphoria, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death, Rape, Ableism, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Slavery, Infertility, Suicide, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Genocide

there's talk of wide scale use of missiles that can destroy cities.

a city is bombed and destroyed in the middle of the night

the_othersidewv's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? Yes

4.75

AMÉ MUCHO MUCHO, SIGO AGITADA JDJFJ
me identifiqué mucho con Zoya, no se porqué, pero no tampoco me es fácil dejar que otras personas me amen, toda mi vida me han dicho que soy fría y cortante, cuando mi mente se siente como embotellada y las palabras que debería decir no existen 

Tb está la crisis de identidad de Hanne, que para ser honesta, desde que tengo memoria he tenido días en los que me he sentido igual, o no s esi es simplemente el peso de la existencia el que a veces no puedo soportar

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and War

delz's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

Rule of Wolves was a lot. There is just so much crammed into one book. It really felt like it should have either been cut back and only included the main characters ie Zoya, Nikolai and Nina or split into two volumes, making it a trilogy, because the story goes to different regions, friend and foe. They’re not only trying to fight and win a war, but also trying to rescue their Grisha brethren as well. The story does almost tie up to a nice conclusion right up until the very end where Bardugo throws in one last hook, looking like there might actually be another book, but sadly I am done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, Violence, and War

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

mrphy's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Hate crime, and Racism

aviery's review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Murder, Sexism, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and Physical abuse

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

incoming rant review:

first thing first, i love these characters SO MUCH. i would literally die for zoya, nikolai, genya, david, the gang, everyone (except the darkling, he can leave). bardugo created a bunch of characters that i root HARD for, which is rare for me these days :'(

BUT - this book was something... incoming spoilers

everything from the plot to the characters actions/dialogue/(questionable)development was flat and odd and argh, so DISAPPOINTED.

first thing: what was with zoya's inner monologue for her development? all this stuff about needing to open up and love other people, not be so cold etc etc etc. it just felt so forced and inorganic and honestly, why cant we have a strong female MC who does not apologize for being like that????? also her suli heritage? was so random and not really played a massive role in the plot, when it could have

nina: what was that? i dont like her staying at fjerda with Hanne (who i liked being trans [?] but i dont like how vague it was made and not dealt with properly, like pronouns) and kind of not grieving mathias in this book (it was a sudden shift from the first book)

nikolai: loved him giving up his crown but his relationship with zoya went from 0-100 in this book. we had the slow burn/sass in KoS, which was lovely. but in this one, it was so quick, and not much banner etc. it just felt too rushed and i wish it wasnt because i loved there relationship so much

other points: WHY DID DAVID DIE??? not really a consequence being as he wasnt there much and then didnt come back to impact the plot for long...

generally: i wish we only focused on the politics and not the magic. we had magic in the first series so it would have been cool to see the political problems of Ravaka. and since we had both, neither were done well. a third book would have helped make the ending not rushed at all. and the darkling? juris? that whole subplot was so weak and just an afterthought really. and i can't believe they are literally going to make the crows go on a heist to get the heart so they can kill the darkling, HE IS A SUCKY VILLAIN LET HIM STAY DEAD. also, why the cameo of the crows??? it felt so fan-servicy and unnecessary

in conclusion: super disappointed in this from both a weak plot point and illogical/weird character development/action. still love these characters though 

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, and Torture

jennalwiegand's review

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

4.5

Really loved this book! I have to say it was wayyyy better than the king of scars in my opinion. I loved the character development and general badassery of the female characters, the diverse cast and the cameos from the Dregs. My only “issue” was that a new point of view was added that I didn’t love, but I understand why it was there. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Hate crime, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Torture, and Violence