Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

18 reviews

vzarlb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

as good as i remember

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Gun violence, Child death, Trafficking, and Hate crime

Minor: Cursing, Torture, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kelsokake's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.5

surprisingly not overhyped, Six of Crows is an incredibly tense, funny, emotional, and well-written story about found family committing an insanely impossible heist.

the relationships between all of the characters felt so real and while i wish the cast was aged up (in their twenties instead of their teens) i throughly the way they spoke to each other. all of their relationships felt real (even with the contention) and the successes and happy moments felt incredibly well-deserved. 

i can’t wait until i can get my hands on the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Abandonment, Blood, Racism, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Confinement, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent and Panic attacks/disorders

renewed_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Body horror, Classism, Blood, Death, Genocide, Torture, and War

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

gaycatsand_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

SOOO GOOD! FAV BOOK EVER

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Murder, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Grief, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Genocide, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

fennish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, and Trafficking

mythian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic

sagerust's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Confinement, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Trafficking

kalamaraki's review against another edition

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

5.0

One of the best books I've ever read. Totally worth the read. It's inclusive, it has some of the most lovable characters, it's funny and if you look enough it's also quite deep.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug use, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Blood, Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Trafficking

abelh's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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: Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Slavery, War, Confinement, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Abandonment

nxssistr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

“Das Lied der Krähen” ist ein beliebter Roman, der seinen Hype in meinen Augen absolut verdient hat. 

Leigh Bardugo erzählt eine Geschichte von sechs Außenseitern mit eigenen Motiven, Bedürfnissen, Traumata und Zielen. Jede Figur durchläuft ihre eigene Geschichte, kämpft gegen innere Dämonen und wird mit Schwächen konfrontiert. Dabei verliert das Buch nie an Spannung. Jedes Kapitel beginnt interessant und lässt die Lesenden mit dem Wunsch zurück, umblättern zu wollen.

Das Beziehungsgeflecht ist unheimlich interessant gestaltet, ebenso die Art wie die Charaktere Vertrauen zueinander entwickeln oder auch verlieren. 
Obwohl die Kapitel von Er-Sie-Erzählperspektiven getragen werden, hat jede Figur eine eigene Erzählstimme, die zu der jeweiligen Person passt. 
Ich liebe außerdem die Art der Repräsentation, die dieses Buch abbildet. Da ist der Roman  ein tolles Beispiel dafür, wie gute und organische Repräsentation aussieht. 

Die Handlung ist klug konzipiert. Dabei muss ich jedoch sagen, dass ich manchmal die Orientierung verloren habe, wer nun wie involviert ist und welche Aufgabe hat. Alle waren hin und wieder verwirrt, mich eingeschlossen. Am Ende haben mich die dichten Dialoge und fesselnden Szenen aber immer wieder schnell zurückgezogen.

Jetzt, wo wir die Figuren und ihre Fähigkeiten kennen (und lieben), habe ich die Hoffnung, dass Band 2 noch eine Schippe drauflegen kann. Ich  bin gespannt, wo es die Figuren jetzt hinführt, nachdem sie damit konfrontiert wurden, dass das was sie immer wollten nicht zwangsweise dem entspricht, was sie tatsächlich brauchen. Es gibt neue Ziele, gelernte Lektionen und brenzlige Hindernisse und ich freue mich darauf zu erfahren, wie die Autorin  diese in Crooked Kingdom verarbeitet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Sexism, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Child death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Racism, and Torture