Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Banda celor șase ciori by Leigh Bardugo

116 reviews

morgancrummy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Trafficking, Genocide, Classism, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Slavery

josiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Genocide, Miscarriage, Addiction, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Outing, Rape, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Torture, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, and Violence

charlottx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.75

Absolutely loved this book. The writing was great and the characters were all intriguing. I enjoyed all the different POV’s (obviously I have favourites but I didn’t dislike any of them!). 
I am so excited to read the next book! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Minor: Torture, War, Death, Genocide, Vomit, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Slavery, and Trafficking

the_ash37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, War, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Gun violence, Slavery, and Trafficking

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Gun violence, Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Grief, Sexual harassment, Gore, Trafficking, Slavery, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism

Minor: Excrement, Death of parent, Animal death, and War

cactuspunk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, and Genocide

johns6ka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, War, Police brutality, Racism, Child abuse, Animal death, Confinement, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Slavery, Classism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Pedophilia

e_papankova_333's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Deportation, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Slavery, Ableism, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Violence

waterbear0821's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a re-read. I read the book when it first came out and I had forgotten it so completely by the time the sequel came out that I felt I had to re-read it…but I didn’t until my book club chose to read it because it was so incredibly forgettable and all I could remember about it was that it was exhausting. 
So after a second read, here’s my review: the story is mostly fun - assemble a team and pull off a heist! The pace is fast, the writing style is very fun and engaging. The downsides: the characters are completely unbelievable and not at all engaging. The cleverest, most dangerous person in this crime-riddled city is…17. Okay. 🙄 Everyone has to have a ridiculous, toxic romantic entanglement with another member of the crew. 🙄🙄 deus ex machina around every corner, tropes heavily reliant on stereotypes, gratuitous trauma as a substitute for actual character development …bah. No wonder I remembered it being exhausting. The writing and the action are good enough to carry it through, but at 8 years old it already feels dated. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Death, Slavery, Genocide, and Violence

Minor: Misogyny