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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

48 reviews

katischuo's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Good, fast read but predictable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, War, Xenophobia, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Slavery

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gun violence, Slavery, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

There are a lot of familiar troupes, but there are also a lot of good subversions in the plot as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Slavery, Child abuse, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism and Bullying

Minor: Torture, War, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Cursing, and Death of parent

Although the main characters are orphans, there is barely any mention of their parents, or how they died.

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Animal death, War, Violence, Torture, Sexism, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Confinement

kat_andherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

it's 6 in the morning, I haven't slept and I'm bawling my eyes out over Mal's letters. given that it was written in 2012, I'll cut it some slack, but Alina is wayyy too predictable for my liking. I hate the typical love triangle with the best friend and the bad guy, she's giving off big pick me energy. I love Mal, he's really sweet and he definitely deserves better. Alina's narrative is too tiring for me, her inner monologue seems repetitive and it's tiresome. 
I'm not as eager to get into the next book as I'd thought I would be :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, and Grief

Moderate: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

njcarnevale's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A lot of the plot of this book is similar to Harry Potter. Main character has powers she didn't know about and gets taken somewhere to train in these powers to face this impending danger. There are few differences, but it's your typical fantasy plot. The groups of characters in the book and the powers they have are unique as well, much like Harry Potter houses. There are plot holes that could've have ended the book much sooner, but overall the book is well structured and written. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, War, and Animal death

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Murder, Blood, and Death

Moderate: War, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, and Torture

redherring's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Kind of predictable and the main character is annoying as hell but I bought the next two books after I finished it. Interesting plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

chloevienna's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

this was a really solid start to the series!! :)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, War, Death of parent, and Cursing

therobinjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Shadow and Bone really is one of the greatest Young Adult/New Adult fantasy series I’ve ever read.

Not only does it encompass tropes such as the found family, the chosen one, a thrilling love triangle, and friends to lovers, but we also see so many amazing and wonderful creatures and countries through the eyes of her characters.

The writing style is just incredible and so easy to read. It sucks you right into the story. All of the characters are so diverse but so well written, their character arcs providing just the perfect amount of tension and fulfilment.

There’s still a debate open whether this series will have me leaning more towards darklina or malina but I’m so excited to dive into Siege and Storm and find out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Xenophobia, War, Violence, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Genocide, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Death, Body horror, Animal death, and Abandonment