1200 pages for what?! For an ending like that? Really? Let me add some context. The context:
The Grisha trilogy is the first set of a YA (young adult) fantasy romance by Leigh Bardugo.
Alina Starkov is a map maker. She's got the gold D of E certificate! Alina and Mal are childhood
friends. They're part of the First Army. Why did the ship cross The Fold? To get to the other side!
No, seriously. They're crossing The Fold to get to the other side of it because that's how they
trade. The Fold is basically this large dusty black cloud full of these ugly demonic hairless
creatures inside and it's an area that they need to cross in order to reach West Ravka.
They're crossing the fold until they get attacked by these creatures and one of them swoops for Mal
and Alina finds out that she's a G: the g stands for GRISHA - basically people who have magical
powers. She uses her light to make the shadow creatures piss off and oops i just bought the
first 10 pages. Alina and Mal obviously we gotta have a little het romance that is unexplored we
can't explore it because Alina finds out that she's special and now she's being shipped away
to the royal court of this guy called the Darkling so she should go to train her grisha
powers so that she can destroy the shadowfold. Now normal people having cool powers is one of
my favorite genres to read about. I do understand that some people you know love these books like
they really worship it like it's their bible .... unfortunately for you honey don't get me
twisted i'm just an atheist. Let's put it plainly this is the six of crows duology:
And then this is the shadow and bone trilogy
Six of crows banged! Shadow and bone knocked on the door and then ran away. I feel like the
shadow bone series really like explores your typical chosen one plot line. Alina, a nobody
orphan outside a girl is just you know destined to be like the second greatest grisha alive
right next to the Darkling without any training her entire life... because you know just give it
a couple of months and sooner than you know you'll be basically one of the best! Better than everyone
else who's been training their entire lives. It explores themes like good versus evil, light and
dark - she is the sun summoner, she is the light. The darkling ... is it's in the name isn't it.
He's dark, he's power hungry, he's irresistible when he's 400 years old. If you have read the six
of crows duology you might be accustomed to pov switching but don't worry we don't get any of the
pov switching in this trilogy. We're just stuck inside Alina's head for one thousand two under
pages. Alina is the MC in a YA so you know she's gotta have that that dull brown hair mousy eyes
sickly looking skin malnourished looking frame starter kit. Nah don't get me wrong book Alina - I
don't hate her I just don't like her. She feels a little bit toast like she just feels like a
vessel for the plot. And you know this isn't a YA novel if we don't have some sort of love triangle,
square, hectagon, pentagon... rhombus. Now it's going to be a bit spoilery so unless
you don't mind being spoiled let me sum it up for you should you read shadow and bone
if you want to flesh out the world a little bit and you don't mind a bit of typical ya tropiness
and a dead main character then, by all means, yes read shadow and bone. The entire series I give it
an average rating of like 2.58 out of five. How do you know what a good book? That's my opinion
So, bit of spoilers now alina's been Lara Jeaning Mal. Cause she's like " boo i miss you". She
learns to let go of her need of men :) (for now) she's like we are never ever ever getting
back together. When she finally does [get rid of men] then she can unleash her true power... now
if that isn't a metaphor. Meanwhile the Darkling is telling Alinathat she is the only hope that he
has to get rid of these dusty clouds and that he's going to go out and kill harry potter's
patronus for her so that she can have special powers. Now, do i like the darkling? No i do not
like the darkling. There was one good scene in the beginning when he like cut someone in half
but then ever since then.. mmm. So Alina and The Darkling they kiss a few times and at first i
was a bit shook but then i was like if Twilight taught us anything it's that age doesn't matter
if he's a magical creature age doesn't exist basically. Throughout the entire series Alina
is like "oh my god Darkling please stop it i love Mal you know Mal and it's just like the Darkling
just sees you for your power okay he just wants to collar you up and i understand that this character
is meant to represent like the toxic people in our lives and how it's easy to be manipulated and to
see them as attractive because they're so charming um but i just find him boring. Mal is just...
I mean he's Mal. He's fine he's a little bit intimidated by a woman in STEM. You know
Starkov The Etherealki Master. He comes back and him and Alina are like all right let's find
harry potter's patronus let's find the stag let's kill him. And Alina sees the stag and she's like
you know what i'm vegan and the Darkling is just like sucks to be you mate *kills* and the stag
power just ends up with alina because you know... the Darkling will never know love or friendship
and i feel sorry for you. Overall first bit decent time you know three out of five stars
for me! Book number two siege and storm reading season storm i felt like mr b ean! Alina and Mal
are playing hide and seek from The Darkling and then The Darkling just finds them in like 10 pages
and then they end up on a ship. There's only one scene I remember in this entire book and it's the
scene where Mal is like this amazing amplifier finder right and then they're like "you need to
find the second amplifier" and Mal is like "how am i gonna do that" and then Alina is just like
"I believe in you" and then fueled by the power of <3 belief <3 he finds this beast you know..
Cher was right *BELIEVE* Stermhond who's basically Prince Nikolai um we have a love square at this
point with Nikolai wanting Alina to be the queen so that they can unite the armies or whatever and
i don't know about you but I thought that there is no chemistry between Nikolai and Alina .There
is no passion there is no vision there is no aggression there is no [ __ ] mindset. Chemistry
between The Darkling and Alina is just some like fetish . The chemistry between Mal and Alina is
just... it's all right. And then i feel like this book is basically just Alina seeing visions of The
Darkling and then kissing Mal. The Darkling attacks the palace and then Nikolai is like
"I'm the only interesting character in this book... PEACE OUT" and then
Alina's like "I need to kill the darkling you know what
i'm gonna sacrifice my life" and then she gives him all of her powers and somehow their powers mix
and then i guess they run away at the end...??? i don't know 2.75 out of five headache. Ruin and
rising! The only thing this book is ruining is my will to live! I thought seige and storm was filler
baby girl have i got news for you! Ruin and rising I had to put my audible on three times speed,
all right. I felt like that dude on Limitless. Alina starts of the book stuck in a tunnel
she's powerless... depressed... she's basically me. And then she's like "you know what i need
them drugs fam give me the last amplifier" A big ass spoiler i can say i did indeed GASP when i
found out that Mal was the last amplifier i was like [ __ ] i knew you did not just have some
sensitive ass nose hairs all right you too were born into some sort of special
talented privilege amazing you know.. just fate. The Darkling and Alina fight at the end.
Mal dying. What did i feel? I felt a little bit sad but i was just like all right rest in
peace my brudda. Alina losing her powers at the end because what is the infinite?
the universe and greed of men. And then Alina.. let's talk about ending Alina losing her powers...
The Darkling dusted. I suffered 1200 pages of Alina being like oh my god i'm not special oh
my god now i'm special oh my god too much power what happens if i have too much power
for all of that to just disappear I understand why she had to get rid of her power I think it's a
it's a comment on society we cannot let man be too powerful you know because it just results in evil
you know for what is infinite? the universe and the greed of men! But still i was like girl you
put me through so much of your annoying ugh. And then at the end she just said peace out
she was just like "you know what let me just fake my death so i don't have to handle the paps
please". We don't know where she goes... well do we... well i don't know where she goes at
the end she's just like "all right i've done my bit now i've done my duty for king and country"
Leigh, I feel like she does this thing where she like the beginning kinda bangs, the middle
just drags, the ending just bangs too and it's like okay misssss i know the peak-end rule
unfortunately for you i did a little bit of econ myself you know. It's like okay i understand maybe
her inspiration for this book structure was like life. You know, you you come out the womb bangs
everyone's excited. You die bang everyone's sad. The middle just filler. I've got I get
I give this book like a two out of five it's not that bad but it's just a bit like when you compare
six of crows to shadow and bone, shadow and bone's just like yes girl give me nothing. From the point
of filming this i have not yet seen the series okay if i have seen the series it's either going
to be somewhere up here or in the comments or in the description below for the link to
watch me react to the first episode with nadia from the ordinary dreamer. I want to hear some
thoughts about what you guys thought of the the shadow in bone trilogy. That's it really if you
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peace out! Alina losing her powers. The Darkling dead. You know what The Darkling can die