Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

36 reviews

gabi_in_real_life's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This one was by far my favourite of the trilogy, the plot didn't feel rushed, it was well executed and I was even surprised during the plot twists. 

Even though I didn't truly understand how Mal could have been the last amplifier but oh well
Was also disappointed Alina didn't end up with Nikolai but that's just one person's opinion

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and War

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Suicide

el13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

I love how LB wrapped up this series. I wish more of the character/thoughts/beliefs about the characters was implied rather than plainly stated. They were obvious, repetitive, and a little too simple. BUT perhaps I'm being too harsh for a YA book. And I seriously loved how she wrapped it up. This series can kind of be seen as a fantasy version of The Hunger Games meets Harry Potter, but unlike the end of Mockingjay, I loved this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse

sayer4180's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Death and Child death

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

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Grief, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

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

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

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

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