Shadow and Bone Trilogy: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising (Shadow and Bone Trilogy, 1-3)

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I was very glad both Mal and Alina escaped the Darkling in the end. But I find myself wondering how long their freedom will last? So I guess it's very good that I plan to read the next two books in this series this month! ❤ Die Nebencharaktere sind leider zu sehr in den Hintergrund geraten, sodass ich mir sie weder merken konnte, noch wusste warum viele von ihnen eigentlich da sind, weil sie zu nichts beigetragen haben. Ich mag Nikolai (neuer Charakter) wirklich gern. Er ist einer der Charaktere, die am meisten Charakter haben. Aber er hat so viel Platz eingenommen, dass keine Zeit für die anderen übrig blieb. Außerdem war sein und auch ein paar andere Charaktere etwas zu übertrieben. L'Invocatrice de Lumière a été élevée au grade de Sainte. Morte ou survivante ? Son nom fait soulever les foules. Pourtant, Alina est brisée. Son pouvoir est en train de la détruire, son avenir lui échappe et une décision grave s'impose. Inhaltlich bin ich leider nicht ganz so euphorisch, wie bei der Gestaltung und den Vergleich zum Krähen-Duo kann die Trilogie nicht standhalten, aber missen möchte ich die Geschichte um Alina und Mal dennoch nicht, schon allein, weil die neue Reihe der Autorin „King of Scars“ auf diese Trilogie aufbaut und wir dort dann sowohl auf alte Bekannte der Krähen als auch der Grisha-Reihe treffen werden – worauf ich mich sehr freue. Super character development with fallible, but likeable characters. Great world building-- a completely fictional setting, but the author seamlessly builds the world so I feel right at home. Good dialogue and exciting plot development. The author kept me guessing, and even when I recognized clues early on for a huge development later, she developed it in a way I did not expect. Great ending....it was sad, but felt both realistic and satisfying.

Das ist der beste Band der Reihe, da alles neu und faszinierend ist. Vom Plot her beginnt es aber wie jede ander Fantasy Jugendbuchgeschichte auch. Die Welt macht es zu was besonderem. Allerdings gibt es in diesem Band zu wenig Worldbuilding. Besonders die Schule wird kaum erklärt. Es stellen sich so viele Fragen, die nicht beantwortet werden, da Alina sowieso nicht lange dort bleibt. Es schien alles so schnell abzulaufen, obwohl angeblich einiges an Zeit vergangen sein soll. Downgrading my rating on reread due to this trilogy being marketed to teens. (See the last paragraph.) I finished Shadow and Bone - for maybe the 3rd time! - on March 13th after starting it on March 11th. I both read my edition of it and listened to the audiobook! I'm going to increase my rating to the full five stars. Ich bin absolut begeistert von der Reihe und kann dem Hype auf jeden Fall nachvollziehen. Von mir gibt es eine klare Leseempfehlung für alle Fantasyfans! Leigh Bardugo is certainly an evocative writer who could capture our hearts even with just a few words. I, however, had such high expectations for this trilogy since her other series, Six of Crows, were there in my all time favorite shelf. I guess I should've read this first before that.Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Follow Alina Starkov through Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, and Ruin and Rising as she discovers her dormant powers and is swept up in a world of luxury and illusion. As Alina struggles to fit into her new life, a threat to the kingdom of Ravka grows—one that will test old alliances and challenge the very limits of magic, one that will forge a leader from a frightened girl.

I started Siege and Storm on March 14th. I'm currently 25% through it and loving this story! I finished it on March 17th. It was a fantastic story! I loved it! Allgemein mochte ich Mal nicht sonderlich gern. Für den Loveinterest, den man mögen soll, hat er aber selten wirklich sympathisch auf mich gewirkt. Er war oft einfach egoistisch und hat Sachen nur gemacht, weil er rebellisch sein wollte oder nicht nachgedacht hat. While the addition of a new main character / love interest for Alina was a great opportunity to read some witty and genuinely fun dialogue, his character ultimately only serves to sustain Alina’s angst. I would have preferred for Nikolai to have remained a strong friend and comic relief rather than hinting he did have feelings for Alina and muddling the romance plot. He represents a passionless but materially comfortable life for Alina, and thus completes the triumvirate of swoon-worthy, men: danger and power OR true love and companionship OR comfort and wealth. And why, at this point, are we even trying to pretend there is a choice? Oh yeah, because we have to pump out a trilogy….and the Darkling has been taken off the board at this point as anything but a spicy interlude.

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Die Bücher werden aus Alinas Sichtweise erzählt und trotzdem war mir zu viel Nacherzählung und zu wenig zeigen drin (show, don't tell). „Ich hab das damals gefühlt etc.“ Wovon sie damals aber nichts gesagt, geschweige denn daran gedacht hat. Es wirkte manchmal wie eine Idee, die die Autorin erst zu spät hatte. this scene just broke my heart! Probably the most unforgettable across the entire series! Followed by that scene where he told Alina her name. The one tattoed to his heart. The name he never told anyone and only his mother knew of.) I always love characters who are scarred yet triumphant. Those who wear their scars like jewelry. The Darkling didn't do that, certainly. The scars he bore that not many people paid close enough attention to see and yet has always been there driving his ambition further. He carried the name he game to himself well. And yet there was something about his darkness that drew you in. Maybe because I feel like there is always a darker part of ourselves where we seek comfort and found refuge. Alina felt it too, with the Darkling. That feeling of surety that drew her to him. But I felt it was not just because of the he was an amplier; but because they were the same. Unique in the world. I wondered what would've happened if she stayed by his side, if she trusted herself to help him become a better man. I always believed that some of his actions were sincere well hidden in his shadows.