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A review by elfbread
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo
4.0
I had to think about how I felt about this finale for a little bit to really put this together. I'd heard from a lot of people that this last book was a little disappointing, but I really tried to not let that effect my opinion while reading it.
1. Alina was a pretty un-interesting main character. I didn't feel like she really grew much as a character through out the trilogy. At times I felt she was a little Mary Sue like... : /
2. Mal should have stayed dead. I call this pulling a SJM, where you can't follow through on killing your main character or keeping them dead. The scene in the Fold where Alina killed Mal was one of the most interesting things she did during the series and I thought his sacrifice really improved my overall opinion of his character. So yeah, I was definitely disappointed in that.
3. Nikolai was one of my favorites in the series, no question. This sass-cat was certainly a high point. I also enjoyed that after he was saved from the Darkling, he didn't immediately go back to normal. I am planning on reading King of Scars just because I enjoyed his story so much.
4. I really felt like the story of the Darkling and the end of his story was a super big let down. In Shadow and Bone, he was an awesome, complex character with a lot of gray area, which I LOVED. His relationship with Alina was really interesting and I was so intrigued to see how it developed on the series. However, in the next two books he became such a background character, a boogeyman lurking around. Such potential, such disappointment.
1. Alina was a pretty un-interesting main character. I didn't feel like she really grew much as a character through out the trilogy. At times I felt she was a little Mary Sue like... : /
2. Mal should have stayed dead. I call this pulling a SJM, where you can't follow through on killing your main character or keeping them dead. The scene in the Fold where Alina killed Mal was one of the most interesting things she did during the series and I thought his sacrifice really improved my overall opinion of his character. So yeah, I was definitely disappointed in that.
3. Nikolai was one of my favorites in the series, no question. This sass-cat was certainly a high point. I also enjoyed that after he was saved from the Darkling, he didn't immediately go back to normal. I am planning on reading King of Scars just because I enjoyed his story so much.
4. I really felt like the story of the Darkling and the end of his story was a super big let down. In Shadow and Bone, he was an awesome, complex character with a lot of gray area, which I LOVED. His relationship with Alina was really interesting and I was so intrigued to see how it developed on the series. However, in the next two books he became such a background character, a boogeyman lurking around. Such potential, such disappointment.