Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

108 reviews

allym'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

courtneyreads01's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

lish_e's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.25

 “I hope you don’t expect fairness from me, Alina. It isn’t one of my specialties.” 

The book had a lot of typical YA tropes, but I enjoyed it and it was a quick read. 
While the plot was a bit predictable and cliché at times, I’m still interested in reading the next book in the series.
In addition to that there are a few intriguing characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Death of parent

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

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

Minor: Death of parent and Alcohol

annaluisa0802's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Moderate: Gun violence and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

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

maryjames's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying and Blood

Minor: Rape and Death of parent

annabeedell's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

jstarshine16's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury