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tsukidoki 's review for:
Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
judt finished the trilogy and i'm feeling so many emotions. did i enjoy it? yeah i'd say so. was it a super well written piece of fantasy writing? not so much. but oh boy did this trilogy take my heart on a rollercoaster ride. since this is a YA series i won't nitpick so much, but i do still have some gripes with it.
the big reveal about mal being the third amplifier after all came out of left field for me and i really wish this was better executed. there wasn't enough hints or foreshadowing earlier in the book other than mal being somehow extremely good at tracking. it took me out of the story a little.
besides that, i felt that the pacing for this book in particular could've been handled better. we dragged on SO long for the group to trudge through landscapes to get to the firebird that wasn't even important. i get that the major twist was to be revealed here, but i still think some of the journey could've been trimmed down for more prose to be dedicated to avtually setting up said plot twist.
i also don't particularly like the way different countries in this world were basically fantasy versions of countries (or even continents) that already exist in the real world. some of the descriptions of the different ethnic groups can be quite stereotypical or outright offensive lol.
despite all that, i found this trilogy to be enjoyable and even found leigh bardugo's writing to be quite poetic sometimes.
besides that, i felt that the pacing for this book in particular could've been handled better. we dragged on SO long for the group to trudge through landscapes to get to the firebird that wasn't even important. i get that the major twist was to be revealed here, but i still think some of the journey could've been trimmed down for more prose to be dedicated to avtually setting up said plot twist.
i also don't particularly like the way different countries in this world were basically fantasy versions of countries (or even continents) that already exist in the real world. some of the descriptions of the different ethnic groups can be quite stereotypical or outright offensive lol.
despite all that, i found this trilogy to be enjoyable and even found leigh bardugo's writing to be quite poetic sometimes.