Скачать или смотреть 🙌🏼IT'S 2020 AND I JUST READ THE GRISHA TRILOGY FOR THE FIRST TIME | Spoiler-Free Review + Discussion

I'm (very) late to the hype, but here are my thoughts on the world, the magic, the plot and the characters of the Grisha trilogy, by Leigh Bardugo.
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T I M E S T A M P S
00:00 - Intro
01:54 - Spoiler-free review
25:28 - Spoilery discussion
40:02 - Outro
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T H E R U S S I A N
A few links relating to the Russian in these novels
Bardugo adressing the situation: https://www.leighbardugo.com/grishave...
A goodreads discussion where she elaborated further:   / has-bardugo-talked-about-the-russian-incon...  
A few reviews by Russian people/people who speak Russian or other slavic languages (bear in mind I don't necessarily agree with the opinions these people have regarding plot/characters/the use of certain tropes or anything else):
https://www.amazon.com/review/R1WPMKT...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... (this one also adresses harmful asian stereotypes!)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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A post by a linguist who's also a native Russian speaker (this is more in depth, and really goes to the roots of words): https://rose-lemberg.livejournal.com/...
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I M P O R T A N T L I N K S
BLM carrd: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
A guide to anti-racist resources: https://noxthereader.blogspot.com/202...
Justice for João Pedro: https://www.change.org/p/prefeitura-d...
Justice for Cláudia da SIlva Ferreira: https://www.change.org/p/minist%C3%A9...
A thread of places to donate to help Brazilian Indigenous people in the fight against covid:   / 1259187916372393985  
Help stop the Yanomami g*nocide: https://minersoutcovidout.org/
Carrds about issues happening all around the world: https://issuesintheworld.carrd.co/
https://currentintissues.carrd.co/
https://yemencrisis.carrd.co/
https://helplebanon.carrd.co/
Thread of issues around the world:   / 1277981438013370368  
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L E T ' S B E F R I E N D S !
📚Goodreads:   / isabella-furtado  
🕊️Twitter:   / bebellafrtd  
✨Amazon wishlist: https://www.amazon.com.br/hz/wishlist...