Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

297 reviews

harperlesley's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, and Animal death

the_paperbackprincess's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

"You cannot claim what was not given to you. The stag chose me."-Okay, this is technically a quote from the show but it's such a good line.

I first read this book back in 2020 and I didn't remember much before I started rereading it. However, when I started, I was immediately taken back to the first time I read it and how much I enjoyed it.

Alina's growth is my favourite part of this book. Seeing her being pushed and tested and still coming out on top was so amazing to me, especially because it shows how much she's learnt from training and how much she's grown from the start. Even when the rug was pulled out from under her feet and she had to adapt to a new reality, she still fought (she is a soldier after all).

I love how this book ends off and how it shows that even though Alina has learnt a lot and she knows how to use her power, it's not the end of her growth period. There are still things about herself and about her relationships that she needs to figure out now that almost all of the pieces have been revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide

Moderate: Gaslighting and Animal death

TW: Manipulation, Grooming.

jjjjo'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Abandonment, Body horror, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Racism, and Xenophobia

Relationship (explicitly unhealthy/abusive) between teenager and character who appears around the same age, but is 100+.

samone2's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Blood

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

emohell's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

enjoyed this a lot more than i thought i was going to!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death

Moderate: Grief, Death, Blood, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcohol

rwilcox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The female protag lacks agency until the very end. Other than that little fact, it was an amazing plot with well developed characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Animal death, Grief, Murder, Confinement, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

blacksphinx's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

effy's review against another edition

3.25

I went into this book with such low expectations as it feels like everyone says to skip this trilogy and go straight into Six of Crows.

I ended-up being really pleasantly surprised as we had an interesting cast of characters and a magic system that felt fresh. The only thing that I did not enjoy was the romance between 

Mal and Alina

as it felt forced by also 

whilst not biologically related, they had been raised as siblings and that just felt uncomfortable.

 

I did feel somewhat confused by how this series was going to be a trilogy as I was reading because there didn't seem to be enough story for 3 books.

Favourite quote:

Fine! Make me your villain!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Incest, Murder, Slavery, and Rape

mia_luvsreading's review against another edition

adventurous 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: War, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent