Grisha trilogy ruin and rising book 35/25/2023 Woot!)Īnd even though I'm not satisfied with the ending, I think it's the right one, through and through.This is pretty much how I felt. (Also, I feel obliged to point out that the BWB collectively got a shout out in the acknowledgements. On the one hand, I wanted Alina's sacrifice to be even more massive than it was, but I think I'm ultimately okay with it because he lost his tracking power and, well, the epilogue was just lovely.īy the way, is this a spoiler thread? I did the spoiler tags on that specific bit just to be safe, but I figure if we are going to talk openly about the events of the book, should there be a SPOILERS type notice in the thread title? Ok, so I have mixed feelings about the fact Mal survived. This was the latest in a recent run of books I enjoyed so much that I wanted my subway ride to last a little longer so I could keep reading. And while some characters do die (some quite horribly), even the ones who live do so as massively scarred (physically or otherwise) individuals. It's the final volume of a trilogy and there's a pretty pervasive sense of "EVERYONE MIGHT DIE!" through the entire story. I went into this not having a private plan for how things should turn out and trusted Leigh to tell the story she wanted to tell, and I think she did and did so very well. Reading the reviews on Goodreads, it seemed like a lot of readers loved or hated it depending on who they expected/desired/desperately wished Alina would end up with (i.e. I went searching for a thread on this earlier today, having just finished the book last night.
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