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nooweljayy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Blood
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment
senseioftheinternet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood
joslynmyers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Death, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Slavery, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Death of parent
claire_not_rebecca's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, and Classism
val_theburrowofstories's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I have had enough of popular book series and me forcing myself to finish them even though I'm having a boring time, is not worth it and I won't go into another reading slump this year because of it.
It actually makes me so angry how I expected greatness from this but it was so average. I guess you can't never 100% trust the popular opinion.
I was so excited at the beginning getting to know them all one by one when their names appeared and I was so ready to see their dynamics and I hoped for a found family, but this was so boring… There was no growth, there was no family, at beast there are duos. Each had ONE personality trait and nothing else, they were not especial and they didn’t have any deep.
This “mission” was so long and boring, pointless in the end.
I learnt my lesson trying to force myself to continue with the second book of Shadow and Bone and I ended up despising it and DNF it, so I won’t force myself with Crooked Kingdom.
This is a 3 ⭐, like it was good? but not excellent at all. I finished this for the sake of it, but I could not care less about what happens to these characters. I have zero interest in continuing with the duology, with the Grishaverse, or with anything new Leigh Bardugo writes.
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Kidnapping
Minor: Death of parent
- Death / Murder / Blood: There’s a bunch of killings and death.
- Injury: At least half of them are injured at some point.
- Gun violence: Jesper is obsessed with guns.
- Kidnapping / Trafficking: Inej as a kid.
- Slavery: Grisha are slaves.
- Death of parent: The way Kaz describes how his father dies is horrible.
aribookishly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol
lovorka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
jestareader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
If I had read it when I first got it as a teenager, it would have been perfect. However, now that I am out of my teenage years, the characters felt uncomfortably young for their stories in a work fiction which discussed sex, SA, violence, and murder. So in my head, they're older.
Inej and Waylan - 22
Kaz, Jesper, Nina - 23
Matthias - 24
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, and Sexual harassment
thestarsaresad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
adalina_xox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail