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pixelume 's review for:
Ruin and Rising
by Leigh Bardugo
Finally the series got better, but the fact that it takes 3 books for the pace to finally pick up and for more significant events to happen without scenes dragging out, as well as finally some proper character development, is baffling. Still, side characters like Genya and Nikolai were 1000% more interesting and memorable than the mc. Forced myself to finish the series as I want to read Six of Ccrows because many people seem to love that duology. But if it weren't for that, I definitely would not have finished the series.
All in all, cool magic system, but so much potential lost because of the pace only picking up in the third book, lack of intriguing descriptions of events, and lack of impactfulness of the mc's personality and being compared to side characters.
All in all, cool magic system, but so much potential lost because of the pace only picking up in the third book, lack of intriguing descriptions of events, and lack of impactfulness of the mc's personality and being compared to side characters.