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ghostofthegallows's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Torture, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Grief
durrareadsstuff's review against another edition
- 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
Nikolai knew. He was a king who had only begun to make mistakes. He was a soldier for whom the war would never be over. He was a bastard left alone in the woods. And he was not afraid to die this day.
Oh wow, this book. 🤯🤯🤯 Leigh Bardugo just keeps on writing masterpieces. I was so excited for this book since, you know, Nikolai, duh🤭. Honestly at the beginning I was a little bit disappointed, I thought he was better in Siege and Storm. But, actually, the characters were consistent. We get to see another side to Nikolai, a more vulnerable and deep side and I loved it! I also despised Zoya before, but she's had her reasons for being a stone-cold witch. And in this book she is forced to face her past and because of that she became all the more powerful. I loved her POV, and as always with Leigh's characters - it was downright tragic.
Graphic: Grief and Sexism
Moderate: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, and Murder
Minor: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse
lagiven's review against another edition
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Addiction and Child abuse
tomi_delano's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, and Xenophobia
Minor: Body shaming and Bullying
citymouse's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, and Trafficking
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Infertility, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
gothicmoon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
not five stars because nina's story doesn't really connect with nikolai and zoya's. it just feels like two books smashed together, and even though i was interested in both, the cuts were annoying. i didn't want to put nikolai's story down nor nina's once i got back into it, but together they were disconnected. it doesn't help that nikolai's story branches into two later and the three stories just get in each other's way.
nina is bi
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Suicide, Trafficking, and Vomit
kait_sixcrowsbooks's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
- Bi MC
- Characters of color
- Disabled side character
As I said on Twitter: I haven’t read the original Grisha trilogy, and I don’t plan to. It’s been over a year since I re-read Six of Crows. No thoughts, only vibes.
In all seriousness, I was really interested in seeing where all the subplots went. When it comes to books with multiple POVs, especially when they take on their own plots, I usually fall into the habit of favoring one or two over the other(s). With King of Scars, though, I find myself simply speeding through each chapter because I wanted to see where everything went. I cared about all of them equally — well, okay, maybe I have a bit of a bias towards Nina, but she’s a Dreg. She’ll always come first. It was really interesting to see all the character development for everyone (especially Zoya, wow!), and even though the lore behind the Saints and Grisha was...confusing, at first...I found myself being sucked into that, too.
I will say that I thought the ending, even without reading the trilogy, was kinda goofy.
Graphic: Grief and Addiction
Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Religious bigotry
emmagrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Drug use, and Gore
Moderate: Genocide, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Slavery, and Misogyny
Minor: Miscarriage, Cursing, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry
lennie_reads's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Slavery, and Torture
aviery's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Torture, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking