Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

51 reviews

emilywemily6's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I am really enjoying this series as a whole, but you can definitely tell this is a middle book in a saga where most of the book is spent in inner/external turmoil and not a lot happens in the plot. The last 100 pages blew me away and I couldn’t put it down though! This book feels necessary to introduce important characters, show character development in Alina, and set up for the final conflict in the third book, but it felt slow and was a little bit of a slog to get through. Mal got a bit annoying but as Alina understood him better I guess I did too. And I somehow have a crush on both Nicolai and the Darkling (despite everything).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Bullying

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

bubbly_lara's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

In th3 second instalment of the Shadow & Bone saga, we get introduced to a new set of characters helping Alina and Mal first to support themselves in exile and then return to Ravka and fight the Darkling. We get more magical creatures (took me until I saw all covers next to each other how brilliantly the cover design ties into the story), we go back to Little Palace and are reunited with some of the Grisha we already met in the first book. I cannot wait to see ho  the story unfolds and concludes in the following book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Gore, Violence, War, Medical content, Cursing, Death, and Alcoholism

av0universe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Gun violence

Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: War and Misogyny

lovejasmine's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

like most YA trilogies the middle book is often necessary, but also ... not a lot happens between the beginning and the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Blood, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Body horror, Chronic illness, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

tays_books's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault

casdelvo's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual violence and Torture

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, War, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery

rangerwing75's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

Started off strong, got really boring during the middle, picked up again near the end, but I was so close to putting it down. The political stuff was fun, but Alina and Mal’s relationship problems quickly killed any joy I’d had at the start with Nikolai and his crew. Shadow and Bone was great, and I wonder why this didn’t follow suit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Body horror, and Death

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Death, Confinement, Violence, Murder, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Racism, Gun violence, Torture, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Body horror, and Stalking

Minor: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Incest, Infidelity, Drug use, Fatphobia, Child death, Death of parent, and Child abuse

theblushbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

The sequel did not disappoint! I felt so much for Alina throughout this book. Even if she is the Sun Summoner her struggles are always incredibly relatable. I’m always rooting for her; time will tell if I root for her and Mal as couple though. Still highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail