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A review by joanna1905
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
3.0
Wow yeah so I persevered with this book in hopes it would eventually get good - but I can't say it ever did.
By the end of this book, I still didn't care about any of the characters or the plot. I felt like I sped through these books just because I wanted to move on to another series.
My favourite scene was probably the Darklings death - which is ironic because he was one of the only characters I actually liked. He was very well written and his motivations were always intriguing. Despite being a very bad dude, It was still a very sad scene that really made me wish he'd had a redemption arc.
I still think Alina and Mal's relationship is one of the mosy luke warm - why are they even together - relationships I've ever read. Which is pretty unusual for me because usually I'm a sucker for most love stories and can at least get somewhat invested, but not with this one.
If you want to read a book from Leigh, then Six of Crows is a far better series.
By the end of this book, I still didn't care about any of the characters or the plot. I felt like I sped through these books just because I wanted to move on to another series.
My favourite scene was probably the Darklings death - which is ironic because he was one of the only characters I actually liked. He was very well written and his motivations were always intriguing. Despite being a very bad dude, It was still a very sad scene that really made me wish he'd had a redemption arc.
I still think Alina and Mal's relationship is one of the mosy luke warm - why are they even together - relationships I've ever read. Which is pretty unusual for me because usually I'm a sucker for most love stories and can at least get somewhat invested, but not with this one.
If you want to read a book from Leigh, then Six of Crows is a far better series.