A review by courtneyfalling
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This rounded out the trilogy pretty well! The beginning in the White Cathedral and the caverns was a bit slow but it picked up speed afterward, and the last sentence devastated me. I'm also relatively anti-Malina but I will say I liked them most in this book out of all three.
I had also read Six of Crows previously, and I was so thoroughly under the impression through the entire trilogy that Alina would die in the Fold, and probably Mal with her. So what actually happened, from the amazing twist of Mal as the third amplifier to Alina's survival with her death faked and power distributed outward and lost, all hit me in a whirlwind. I feel like I'm still processing all the end events but all in all feel like it was a solid and cathartic conclusion!
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