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A review by stilestastic
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
4.0
“Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined."
Wow. Wowowowowowowowowow-
I had to sit down and type this review 20 minutes after reading this book because I'm simmering in so many feelings and thoughts that I feel like I'm going to forget them all soon.
First of all, I think that this was the second-best book out of the trilogy. I liked how we finally got a chance to really experience characters that weren't Alina, Mal, and the Darkling. We finally got a taste of the Grisha when they had nothing, which made them completely different from the ones in the first two books. I grew to love the little band of misfits that Alina kept around her, even Zoya.
"E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.”
I also thought that Mal's past was a HUGELY interesting twist that had me shocked.
All in all, I enjoyed this series and the characters it has introduced me to. I just wish I was more sold on the ending. And that we'd gotten more Nikolai.
Wow. Wowowowowowowowowow-
I had to sit down and type this review 20 minutes after reading this book because I'm simmering in so many feelings and thoughts that I feel like I'm going to forget them all soon.
First of all, I think that this was the second-best book out of the trilogy. I liked how we finally got a chance to really experience characters that weren't Alina, Mal, and the Darkling. We finally got a taste of the Grisha when they had nothing, which made them completely different from the ones in the first two books. I grew to love the little band of misfits that Alina kept around her, even Zoya.
"E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.”
Spoiler
I feel like what could make or break this book for someone is their opinion on Mal. It may be even more dependent on whether or not they like Alina and Mal together romantically. As a person who actually preferred their dynamic better as friends, I found the ending to be a total bust and I'm actually pretty angry about it. Now, this could just be the Alina x Nikolai shipper in me, but I thought she'd be a lot better with him romantically. After the damage Mal did in book two, I really didn't see them getting together again; I thought they had mutually agreed on friendship. BUT NO.I also thought that Mal's past was a HUGELY interesting twist that had me shocked.
Spoiler
I don't blame Alina for thinking she was Morozova's heir, because I thought she was, too. But having Mal be connected to him was such an insanely genius idea that fit perfectly and completed his entire character, if that makes sense.All in all, I enjoyed this series and the characters it has introduced me to. I just wish I was more sold on the ending. And that we'd gotten more Nikolai.