Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

93 reviews

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death, Grief, Murder, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Classism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry

emilye's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Trafficking, and Violence

Minor: War

dkaps's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, War, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

risaleel's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Grief, Mental illness, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, and Gun violence

moonchild_cos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Emotional abuse, Classism, Murder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

aj_igoe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

I love this book. I loved the first book (six of crows). The only reason I’m giving it a 4.5 instead of a 5.0 it’s because there’s a death that I feel is just for shock value and wasn’t necessary. 

Other than that this book was wonderful in the character development was wonderful. There’s a lot of dark themes about this book and I really enjoyed seeing the parallels to modern day capitalism

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Physical abuse, Classism, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Torture, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Slavery, Drug use, and Sexual content

icy_queen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Addiction

lvjysunday's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault

trintrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

If Six of Crows was a 5 star read, Crooked Kingdom is the entire galaxy.

Never have I ever read a book where there are more than 3 main characters and I loved them all equally. CK took everything that SoC excelled at and then just made it like a thousand times better which I didn't even know was possible. I fell even more in love with these characters as their backstories were explored deeper and they got to face their challenges. Multiple times, the plot got me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails, sending my prayers to the Saints.

like the sugar silos scene or the auction scene for example

The relationships was just perfect and got me squealing. I loved not knowing what exact scheme the big brained Kaz had come up with and wondering which parts were going according to plan and which were plot twists. And the ending was just chef's kiss. 

CK easily became my favourite in the duology and also one of my favourite books of all times

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Cursing, Torture, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault