Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Six of Crows: Sangue e Mentiras by Leigh Bardugo

144 reviews

siltha's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

2.5

The plot is action packed but it only advances by a series of fortunate occurrences disguised as an intelligent plan, which just broke my suspension of disbelief constantly. 

The characters are teenagers and are way too adult in some things but way too childish in other, so to me the characters aren't built in a way that makes sense. 

The characters are diverse, but still they brush over slavery, forced prostitution and rape whereas they focus on the trauma of the main guy a lot more, and the 2 female characters are both in awe and take care of their male counterparts that treat them badly. 

Then the story of Nina and Mathjias, he's basically a nazi soldier yet the book puts Nina's wrongdoings at the same level as his, when she's from a minority that's being prosecuted, enslaved and killed all over. 

I won't be reading more of these books, very disappointing. I don't understand the hype except if it's from people that don't read much and this is one of the first fantasy books they read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Classism

isla_fox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

linus_rieper's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

Epic fantasy heist novel with the most incredible cast of charaters that hold their stance all over the alignment chart. There's fun, there's banter and there is beautiful and dramatic inner monologues and snappy one-liners. You get to dive into most of the characters' inner lives and it's incredible how well they are seperated from each other, and how each character can have a different perception of each of the others in their group. Each dynamic is unique and is reflected in their views of each other.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Trafficking

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hopiful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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

I adore SOC. The characters, their motivations, their backstory, and how all these different characters interact with each other. Intense, has you on your toes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape

natcat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.0

Absolutely delightful, a fantasy heist story with distinct Leverage tones (and I mean that in the best way possible) and really compelling characters! The character voices were all really distinctive, and I was super impressed by how each character’s POV chapters really felt like they were from different people. And a good heist is hard to write, and this book really pulled it off! I also enjoyed the further worldbuilding of the Grishaverse (a name that does, unfortunately, make me laugh). Once I got over the characters apparently being 17 (some of the very overwrought and dramatic narration is funnier than it is intended to be given that the characters are teenagers), I enjoyed this book a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

honeycuttsp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Addiction, Child death, Death, Genocide, Slavery, Trafficking, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape and Injury/Injury detail

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Für alle Fantasy-Liebhaber*innen das perfekte Buch. Es ist echt toll geschrieben und super spannend. Die Welt ist auch echt toll aufgebaut. Die Autorin hat mich mit der Krähenreihe echt nochmal umgehauen. Es fallen mir nur wenige Kritikpunkte ein: 1. Warum können die Charaktere nicht ein bisschen älter sein ? Bei Wylan und vlt auch noch Jesper kann ich verstehen warum sie so jung sind. Aber Kaz und Inej als 17-jährige ist manchmal unangenehm. Da beide ziemlich klatblütige Mörder*innen sind. 
2. Der andere Punkt (und dafür kann die Autorin nichts) ist das die Übersetzung and machen Stellen nicht ganz perfekt war. Aber das war auch schon meckern auf höchstem Niveau. 
3. Das Ende ging ein bisschen schnell. Aber dafür freue ich mich jetzt auf Band 2 😍

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Xenophobia, Abandonment, and War

notsogreen's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail

thegr1mreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Child death, Gore, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Slavery, Trafficking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Death of parent