Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

9 reviews

a_islandcriptid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Classism, Drug use, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

five_rats_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Death, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Self harm, Medical content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, and Trafficking

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

10/10. All of the characters are so unique and compelling. I liked this book ten times better than Shadow and Bone. I am usually not into heist books or mystery novels but heist + fantasy + found family + a little bit of heartwrenching romance? Definitely my jam. I love that the book has alternating point of views between the characters but still in third person. Also, the book was able to surprise me at every turn which is not my experience with most books.

I only have two critiques: I wish all the characters were just a few years older. To me, especially the romances would be more compelling but the characters would also be more developed. Also, I think that the beginning of the book was a bit muddled and seemed to have too much all at once for introducing a new setting/social scene. Even though I read Shadow and Bone, I was still confused and disoriented about introducing how everything works in Ketterdam, especially since the characters are already established there instead of learning along with the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Death, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Drug use, Hate crime, Alcohol, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexism

avsdhpn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Torture, War, and Violence

an_dro_me_da's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: War, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Self harm, Confinement, Slavery, Sexism, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Racism

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

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

Minor: Abandonment, War, and Xenophobia

charlouise's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book overall but was slow to get into it. The first couple hundred pages you have to drag your way through kicking and screaming but after that the characters won’t let you put the book down. The book falls into one of my all time firm favourite tropes “indentured found family with playing card gangs”. Though I would say I prefer more of a build up in character relations, for the most part they went from being mostly indifferent to suddenly caring for each other.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Slavery, Sexual content, Gun violence, War, Violence, Trafficking, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Drug use, Death, and Addiction

writefromthepage's review

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Gun violence, Self harm, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit and Fatphobia