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lilbitbookish 's review for:
Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo
The dregs of the Second Army and their leader, sun summoner Alina Starkov, now make their home in tunnels beneath the White Cathedral. The Darkling has taken over Ravka, and in order to defeat him Alina and Mal must find the fire-bird to gain enough power to destroy the Darkling once and for all.
My absolute favorite thing about all of Leigh Bardugo's books is the way she describes the action of the story. Her writing is so evocative but not in a flowery, overly detailed way. When you read descriptive passages about important happenings in her books, you feel like you are really there. It almost feels like you are watching a movie, rather than reading a book! Overall I was satisfied the the final book in the series, although some parts of the book were a little slow moving for me, especially all the traveling underground. Also, Bardugo does so well with action scenes that comparatively, her plot points that are focused on character development often fall flat.
Unfortunately, most of the twists in this last book of the trilogy were quite predictable. There wasn't anything that shocked or surprised me at all. The ending of the book is rather anti-climatic, sort of a let down after hundreds of pages of build up, at least for me. I wanted more action scenes, because Bardugo writes them so well. I am looking forward to reading other books by this author!
My absolute favorite thing about all of Leigh Bardugo's books is the way she describes the action of the story. Her writing is so evocative but not in a flowery, overly detailed way. When you read descriptive passages about important happenings in her books, you feel like you are really there. It almost feels like you are watching a movie, rather than reading a book! Overall I was satisfied the the final book in the series, although some parts of the book were a little slow moving for me, especially all the traveling underground. Also, Bardugo does so well with action scenes that comparatively, her plot points that are focused on character development often fall flat.
Unfortunately, most of the twists in this last book of the trilogy were quite predictable. There wasn't anything that shocked or surprised me at all. The ending of the book is rather anti-climatic, sort of a let down after hundreds of pages of build up, at least for me. I wanted more action scenes, because Bardugo writes them so well. I am looking forward to reading other books by this author!