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

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Alina ist einfache Kartografin in der Ersten Armee des Zaren. Dass sie heimlich in Maljen verliebt ist, ihren besten Freund seit Kindertagen, darf niemand wissen. Schon gar nicht Maljen selbst, der erfolgreiche Fährtenleser und Frauenschwarm. Und der große Kampf lief dann ohne wirkliche Vorbereitung nur innerhalb eines Kapitels ab. Gefühlte Zeit war 5 min und schon war das Ende einer ganzen Trilogie da. Viel zu einfach und einfach nur enttäuschend. Das Ende war dann wenigstens etwas nostalgisch und schön. I was glad that the Darkling was killed, although I was also sorta sad. I had been hoping he would turn out to see things from Alina's POV and that he and Alina would then have a future together.. But sadly, it was not to be.

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. die Grisha-Trilogie ist spürbar mehr Jugendbuch als das Krähen-Duo, in dem die Protagonisten zwar ein ähnliches Alter hatten wie Alina und Mal, aber deutlich erwachsener und reifer, komplexer und vielschichtiger auf mich wirkten. Hinzu kommt, dass ich mit den beiden Hauptcharakteren Alina und Mal nicht recht warm wurde, ich fand sie blass und mich ihre wie auch immer geartete Beziehung genervt hat. Dennoch gibt es auch in dieser Reihe tolle, spannende und faszinierende Figuren, bei denen ich mich auf eine Wiederlesen freue … auch wenn nicht alle meine Lieblinge das Ende der Trilogie erleben durften. Filled with lush descriptions, intriguing magic, and plenty of twists, this memorable adventure offers action and intrigue mixed with an undercurrent of romance and danger.”— Publishers Weekly on Shadow and Bone 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. While there are many themes in The Grisha Trilogy, the biggest is the struggle for power. You see it between the three nations - Ravka, Shu Han and Fjerda. You even see it between Alina and the Darkling, Nikolai and his brother and father (the royal family), the Grisha and everyone else. But there’s also Alina’s struggle with herself and her identity. Before she became Grisha and the Sun Summoner, she was an orphan who didn’t fit in anywhere, who was in love with her best friend and wanted something that was just hers and hers alone. Over the course of the story, Alina becomes a person almost completely unrecognizable from who she was when we first met her. She becomes less naive and feeble, becomes much more brutal and strong and Martyr-like than even the Darkling or the Apparat could have expected.

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Alles in allem war dieser Band nicht unbedingt nötig. Es wurde nichts vorbereitet, sondern fast nur aufgeholt was eigentlich in den ersten Band gemusst hätte, daher hätte man es da auch einfach einbauen müssen und diesen Band sein lassen sollen. Aber während des Lesens habe ich es trotzdem nicht ungern gelesen.

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. 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.

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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.) 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.