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Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

7 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

gillianengelbrecht's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Grief, Kidnapping, Suicide, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Addiction, Gore, Dysphoria, and Domestic abuse

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Minor: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Genocide, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Torture, Slavery, Racism, Physical abuse, Lesbophobia, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Gun violence

hannahwhiteyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Torture

This book was such a slow burn! I was hoping for

Zoya and Nikolai to end up together the entire book.

I loved it more than King of Scars, and the way it tied the Grishaverse together. Leigh’s writing is incredible.

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

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

astralbooks's review

emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Rape and Infidelity

The minor warnings are things known to have happened since the original trilogy, nothing new comes to light in those areas