Throughout this read, I was just torn. There were a handful of times I loathed that I'm reading something being TOLD and not SHOWN. I was in frequent battle with visualizing a scene to life in my head – but maybe it's a flaw in my imagination. So it was a love-hate kind of ride. First, I didn't c...
Im reading this series out of order so I wasn't sure in the beginning if I like this book but after I got started with it I really enjoyed it especially the inner dialogue of the main character. She has a lot of complexity that is demonstrated by her talking about being positive or feeling one wa...
After reading some reviews I was prepared for a complete and total let down. And perhaps because I was looking for something horrific I did not hate the book as much as anticipated. But I regret that the book was not what it was. What an interesting world we were brought into. The idea of the Gri...
Heb je honger? Ik wel na het lezen van dit korte verhaal van Leigh Bardugo! Niet alleen naar eten maar ook naar meer van Bardugo want haar schrijfstijl is echt super leuk om te lezen.Het verhaal gaat over een mythe in het bos bij het plaatsje Duva. Het is superleuk om te lezen en ik had het in ee...
Wow. The Witch of Duva is a twist played on Hansel and Gretel. Even their names are similar, but the twists are amazing. And yes, it is amazing what hunger could do to you.Now this is a short story on hidden predators, deception, and hunger. Leigh Bardugo spins a classic tale into a new one, with...
Weer eens een novella die ik wel goed vond. Deze novella is precies wat een novella naar mijn idee zou moeten zijn. Ik vond het fijn geschreven en een boeiend, mysterieus verhaal waardoor ik er van overtuigd ben dat ik de hele serie wil gaan lezen. Ook was het een verhaal wat goed op zich zelf ka...
The second book in the greisha series certainly had a lot more action than the first. That was expected as the first book was used to explain that particular world. As I delved further into the book a lot more things made sense. I would say that in order to follow through on these stories you h...
An scene of Shadow and Bone from Genya's perspective. I have to say I kind of dislike her, but after reading this short story I see why she is the way she is. She is " a pretty thing and a soldier all the same."I feel sympathy towards her. The Darkling seems the only one who understand everything...
[this short story is free and can be found on the internet - I can't find my link, unfortunately] This 2.5 short story (or fable) of the Grisha trilogy is beautiful. I mean, just look at the cover! Koja is a fox - an ugly one, as his mother and friends say - but he is very clever. He can talk his...
love, love it ! The book was awesome but I had a hard time reading and figuring out the terms used in the story.
"In Ravka, just because you avoid one trap, it doesn't mean you'll escape the next."This story, was wonderful! It was a great fable. Certainly easier to read than olden Aesop's fables. The moral of this story, to me, is: Being clever is a good trait, but you must be wise with your words. Your wit...
This novella is another tale from the world of the Grisha Series by Leigh Bardugo.This story is about a fox whose name is Koja. I really enjoyed reading Koja's story of him escaping many traps using is cleverness. I found that I enjoyed his character a lot with how clever he spoke to get out thes...
There’s nothing there.” Matthias began edging along the wall, running his hand over the stone at hip level. “On Hringkälla the drüskelle finish our initiation,” he said. “We go from aspirant to novice drüskelle in the ceremony at the sacred ash.” “Where the tree talks to you.” Matthias resisted t...
Just south of Arkesk is a break in the trees, a place where no bird sings and the shadows hang from the branches with strange weight. On this lonely mile, travelers stay close to their companions, they sing loud songs and beat the drum, for if you are lost to your own thoughts, you may find yours...
But this boat was considerably different from the one he’d tried to take that night. This browboat ran the market line twice a day. Inbound, it would be crowded with vegetables, livestock, whatever farmers were bringing to the market squares scattered around the city. As a child, he’d thought eve...