The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising

Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising

by Leigh Bardugo

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English language

Published Nov. 14, 2017 by Square Fish.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-19623-1

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Shadow and Bone is a young adult fantasy adventure and debut novel written by Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo. It was published by Macmillan Publishers on June 5, 2012. The novel is narrated by Alina Starkov, a teenage orphan who grows up in the Russia-inspired land of Ravka when, unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had in order to save her childhood best friend, she becomes a target of intrigue and violence. It is the first book in the Shadow and Bone trilogy, followed by Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising. It is also the namesake and basis for Netflix adaptation, Shadow and Bone, which premiered in April 2021.

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stupidlamb reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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2 stars

Highly overrated but still worth reading. Lacks details and depth and throughout all 3 books. Mediocre writing. The russian names and phrases of some things are incredibly offputting for me as it grounds u to earth, where this is a fantasy world. I keep wanting her to expand on this or go into more detail on that. Lots of missed opportunities and I dont fell like I really know the main characters or even like them. I didnt like the ending much either, in either 3 books. It felt rushed and just la done.

stupidlamb reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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2 stars

atayarani reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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4 stars

Fast-paced from the start while still world-building, the book was hard to put down. The characters were complex and well-developed.

lingui5t reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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2 stars

Meh. A little self-congratulatory in places, like when one of the little 'lines' the author is proud of get repeated in italics.

A little weak, especially for the grand conclusion of what was trying to be world-building. Maybe just not my cup of tea. I'm not the target audience, after all.

Geekess reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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3 stars

Read this because of the netflix series. This is one of those times where the series is waaaay better than the books. I love that the series incoropates Six of Crows (that's why I read that series first).
This.... is meh. It's alright, I guess. I don't like the utterly wrong use of Russian and Russian culture. That's grating.

Ellemir reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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3 stars

Nach vielen anderen Genres dieses Jahr hatte ich mal wieder richtig Lust auf Fantasy. Diese Reihe bot sich da an, da ich mittelfristig der Serie auf Netflix eine Chance geben will - und tatsächlich wurde ich nicht enttäuscht.

Dieses erste Buch aus der Reihe entpuppte sich als solide Coming of Age Geschichte, in der die Welt der beiden Fantasyreihen dieser Autorin eingeführt wird. Die Welt enthält einige interessante Elemente, wie zum Beispiel die Ödsee und das Magiesystem, allerdings finde ich die Art, wie russische Elemente eingebaut sind, eher schwach. Da hätte ich mir mehr erhofft. Auch einige der Figuren bleiben mir ein wenig zu blass und klischeebehaftet.

In Summe habe ich mich trotzdem gut unterhalten gefühlt, Band 2 liegt schon bereit und die Krähensaga werde ich auch eine Chance geben.

Chungledown Bim reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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4 stars

So help me, I really enjoyed this. I mean Anna Karenina it ain't, but it's light & engaging.

The Russian flavour is just chefkiss. The formula is solid. The baddie is a baddie & the beige protagonist blossoms into the beautiful, powerful, chosen one. Twue wuv is lost & found, action, heartbreak, sweeping scenery etc. etc.

Having enjoyed the Netflix adaptation I was surprised that it was singular first person narrative from Alina Starkovs POV. Where is my favourite BAMF Inej? Where's that charming fuckup Jesper? Even Mal doesn't get much of a look-in & he's like, so dreamy or whatever. They were all such fleshed-out characters with their own stories, did Netflix just make 'em up? Turns out they're from a different series in the 'Grishaverse', starting with Six of Crows, which I now must read.

ish-i-ness reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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3 stars

I'm going to be unhelpful:
That was fine I guess

Dustin reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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4 stars

Just like the other books I quite enjoyed this third and last of the trilogy. The very end is a bit too much kitsch but all in all some interesting twists in turns throughout the book.
Looking forward to reading more bits and bobs playing in the Grishaverse.

Aστραίᾱ reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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5 stars

(not the full review) was expecting the book to be slightly boring and perhaps even with lack of action but i genuinely enjoyed reading chapter after chapter of descriptions about how Alina rose to power, all the military meetings, all the religious research and studying, every documentation of the movement of troops seemed so real and enticing like i was in the same warfare room as the characters.
It’s usual for me to self insert into fictional universes but this situation is different, maybe it’s my inner medieval warfare and political philosophy fangirl talking but the escapism from those chapters was so unreal and detached from what i’m used to yet embracing at the same time that i couldn’t tell i haven’t even left my room for hours.

Dustin reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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4 stars

Like with the first book it was very hard to put this one down. It only gets slightly "boring" in the middle when there's almost no progress but still makes you wonder what is gonna happen and invent stories of your own.
In general a really good book with expected and unexpected twists and turns and I cannot wait to start the 3rd book.

x reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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5 stars

Each Grishavrse book is a masterpiece and this one is not exception

x reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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5 stars

one of the best fantasy books I ever read. everything about this book is good. from the political ideas and to 'sturmhound' crazy adventure.

samanthaleigh15 reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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3 stars

3.5

patchworkbunny reviewed The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

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4 stars

Alina and Mal are on the run having escaped the devastation wreaked by the Darkling, but the leader of the Grisha Army is never far behind. Alina now carriers the first of Morozova's amplifiers round her neck, and the Darkling wants her power maximised by getting the other two. The search for these amplifiers, whilst trying to avoid the Darkling, is the main driver for the rest of the trilogy.

So the relationships. Honestly, could Mal stop moaning? The love of his live is trying to save the world and not become a slave to a power-hungry Grisha, but he's always thinking about what he wants, how his life doesn't fit with Alina's path, how it's not fair on him. Once Nikolai pops up, Mal also spends a portion of his time being jealous. Mal does redeem himself a bit in the third book but I just didn't feel like there was much for Alina to lose in Siege and Storm if he were to flounce off.

I really liked Nikolai though, he's humourous but also good without being too shiny perfect. He likes to think that he's perfect though! For a land so plagued by tragedy, it is so hopeful in a story to have a potential leader who would be good. It also meant that the thing that happens to him in Ruin and Rising had my heart in my throat. He elicited the feelings that I felt I should have had for Mal.