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Finally Done and Good Riddance

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

March 30, 2022 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

The final twist was stupid, the villain defeat was stupid and anti-climactic, the temporary (mostly) bad things that were done to certain heroes I’ve seen elsewhere in more interesting ways/effects, so very little actually seems to happen, and a lot of the backstory isn’t even all that interesting, although it does explain a lot about certain characters. No one even gets to do anything interestingly heroic here; the personal/self-sacrificial stuff in the final confrontation isn’t even that sympathetic. The prologues and epilogues don’t even add […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, nyt best seller, Ruin and Rising, YA

CoffeeShopReader's CBR14 Review No:28 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, grishaverse, Leigh Bardugo, nyt best seller, Ruin and Rising, YA ·
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“I am become a blade”

November 12, 2016 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the third book in the Grisha trilogy and therefore NOT the place to start reading. This review will contain at least some minor spoilers for the previous books in the series, and who starts a trilogy with the third book anyway? Go read from the beginning, starting with Shadow and Bone. This review will be here when you’re caught up. Alina is shadow of her former self, trapped in tunnels underground, “protected” by the zealous Apparat (former high priest of Ravka) […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, CBR8, fantasy, Leigh Bardugo, magic, Malin, romantic, Ruin and Rising, the Grisha, Young Adult

Malin's CBR8 Review No:114 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, CBR8, fantasy, Leigh Bardugo, magic, Malin, romantic, Ruin and Rising, the Grisha, Young Adult ·
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