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The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.
Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.
Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.
Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction - and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for. Ruin and Rising is the thrilling final installment in Leigh Bardugo's Grisha Trilogy.
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- Elizabeth
- 2020-07-16
super fun
Mal has absolutely no flavor tho.
Nikolai is husbando and Alina needs to make better choices.
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- Shannon E. Mychael
- 2023-09-24
Best book of the series! Voices a but off, but ...
Otherwise, it was excellent! Book 1 was great, book 2 wasn't my favorite, but book 3 made up for book 2. definitely recommend.
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- diop dieynaba
- 2023-07-03
love it
nice storyline great ending. worth it.
the lovestory is superbe and keep you waiting for the end
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- MiakulpaAmazon Customer
- 2022-10-06
STOP WITH THE BAD VOICES
As someone with dyslexia, I love reading along with this story but can the narrator please stop the character voices. They are bad and they are distracting and they are annoying and he make me wanna pull my eyes out of my sockets. Please, please, I beg you, please! Stop doing the character voices!!! Just read the words on the page, that’s all you need to do. Truly.
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- Ipendeep Singh
- 2022-05-22
I expected a lot in the story but it was average
I wanted something more to happen, the reader in me craved for something sensational yet I was left with mediocre twist in end. The performance was excellent maybe one of the reasons I actually finished the trilogy!
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- Ashleigh
- 2022-03-12
Great story here!
such an amazing listen! Loved every single minute. great narrator as well! ! !
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-02-23
A decent finish to a good trilogy
Ruin and Rising was a decent book. I don't think this was the the strongest book of the trilogy but it came with some twists and turns. I do feel like the ending was rushed and there could have been a little more background and history provided that would have given a bit more foreshadowing to the ending and also provided that "ah ha" moment when the ending unfolds. The Shadow and Bone books were the first Leigh Bardugo books I have read/listened to and it certainly makes me interested in exploring the other books Leigh has written in this same universe.
The narration by Lauren Fortgang was really good and I really enjoyed the way she voiced the characters and ensured that each character had a unique and memorable sound without straining or sounding silly.
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- Katherine
- 2021-11-16
not a good book
I really struggled to finish this. the main character never uses her powers, and the ending is incredibly disappointing. I really hope the Netflix show saves the story by rewriting it. I'm almost mad I wasted a credit on this
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- Marilyn
- 2021-07-30
fun narrator
nice wrap up to the storyline. loved the narrators voices and sass that was given to the characters as well. they really came alive.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-05-17
such a good series Thank you so much!
the story had me hooked every second.
the reader did a great job with the voices.
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- Adaja
- 2016-03-12
Weak "heroine"
A series about a selfish girl who continuously chooses the life of a boy over the fate of the world.
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- 03Dustin51
- 2019-06-21
Heartbreaking in the best possible way...
I had read the books years ago, and decided to listen to the audio books now, as well, as a way to become reinvested in this amazing story before delving into Leigh Bardugo's new book, "King of Scars." And I am so very glad I have.
One day I read a random blurb from a random book titled Shadow and Bone when I was perusing the aisles of a small bookstore, and I bought the book on a whim. I had never heard of the series, or even the author for that matter. Now, however, I consider Shadow and Bone to be the book that sparked this need inside of me to read all the time. After I read Shadow and Bone, I went on to read 60 books in just over two months. And I haven't slowed much since. That is thanks to Leigh Bardugo and this beautiful world she created.
I experienced elated devastation when I finished reading the series, but I got to experience it anew with the audiobooks. The narrator, Lauren Fortgang, is a favorite of mine anyway, but I truly don't think anyone else could have come close to her perfection in regards to this series. Her ability to project the kind of feeling and emotion necessary for a story like this is second to none. It wasn't just the story that had me in tears, but the depth of Lauren's ability to make me feel how the characters felt. Alina Starkov needed Lauren's voice to tell her story. And now that I am about to listen to Nikolai's story, I am-thanks to Lauren's amazing talent- firmly reconnected to this world of Grisha that began my obsession with all things magic. I couldn't be happier in this moment.
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- Silenna5150
- 2015-10-17
Frustrating Disappointment
I could get through it. So that's something. The characters are NOT believable at all!
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- Dre
- 2015-10-04
💩💩💩
This was so bad, I really didn't like it and story was handled so poorly.
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- D&N
- 2021-05-03
Botched Russian, stupid protagonist, beautiful world
The world built here is very interesting, with beautiful magical animals, different landscapes, nations, races, and powers. I love the idea of making it influenced by Russian/Slavic roots. However, as a fluent Russian speaker it was torture to listen to the botched words and wrong meanings. I feel like if Bardigo wanted to include another language in her books she should have either learned it or asked a fluent speaker to edit her drafts. Same with the reader, sometimes the words are written correctly but the reader botches them and while it may sound cool to someone who doesn’t speak Russian it was pretty bothersome to me. One example is “Morozova”. In Russian you change the ending if the person is a male or female, this -a is a female ending but he is a man so his last name should really be “Morozov” and the reader pronounces it as “MorotsOva” with a “ts” when the correct pronunciation is “MarOzav” or at least “MorOzov” with a “z” (capital letter to indicate the stressed vowel). Most of the words were botched like that or the meaning was completely different when translated. Thirdly, the main character is unbelievably stupid and foolish. This improves in the last book but it really makes women look bad and I guess the fact that’s she’s supposed to be a teenager explains it a little, it is still very difficult to endure. This wrongly teaches young readers that if you act like an idiot things will still somehow work out in your favor and that’s not how the world works. Lastly, the evil acts in this book are pretty dark and haunting and really something evil psychopaths/sociopaths might do, so read at your own risk, I literally had nightmares about a past abuser after the gruesome antagonist plots due to how much the Darkling’s thinking was similar.
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- Jennifer Sebring
- 2021-05-01
WHYYY do we have to make our LEAD FEMALES WEAK????
I am disgusted. Authors, women do not need to be weak to be a lead. I'm puking right now over this series. I had such high hopes.
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- Maria M
- 2019-08-09
Bleh
I tried to enjoy the characters but couldn’t care less what happened to them in the end. The Darkling and Nikolai who brought a spark to the book were far and in between.
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-03-31
Boo
This series got progressively worse as it went on; the lack of character development is absolutely appalling. No one mentions anything but Alieena is like, My LiFe iS sooOO hArd!
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- Brianna & Dan
- 2018-05-30
The narrators voice..
The narrators voice was so distracting her lisp?? Or just the way her voice ends a word. I couldn't handle it. I cringe through.. skipping ahead just to know the conclusion. It wasn't as prominent in the earlier books. The story was good but I was more just distracted.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2017-07-07
This story is not super special, but it's ok.
I feel like Sarah Maas writes very similarly, but I prefer her stories over these.
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- Salomé LIEGEARD
- 2021-05-30
Story still meh, narrator still good
The narrator really saves the story, which i'll admit is better than the last one.
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- Le Bris
- 2021-12-29
Not that cool
A lot Words just for this ending S.U.P.E.R
Alina character is still uninteresting and Mal Is finaly usefull but its to late for me.
Characters are empty without depth.
However The narration is very cool 👍🏻 Thanks
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- Aurelie A-D
- 2020-11-29
Awesome fantasy series, highly recommend!
Loved this trilogy so much I can’t wait to read the other series of the Grishaverse! Leigh Bardugo is genius and a marvellous writer.
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