Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Korppien kehä by Leigh Bardugo

137 reviews

oceana_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really liked the plot of the book and did not expect the ending to be so questioning! Overall I really think this fits in with the Grishaverse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Slavery, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

sydneyluxford's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

l have never felt so utterly transported into a universe, like I literally felt like I was alongside the characters throughout the heist. Like, I’m glad I wasn’t because I’d definitely die, but it was still fun. 

THE CHARACTERS. I JUST LOVED THEM SO MUCH. They’re so well developed and have the best personalities. I genuinely wish they were real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

olivia_v's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

The back of the book describes it as ‘Ocean’s Eleven set in a Game of Thrones-esque world’, and it is exactly that. 

So many twists and turns, so many clever plot points, endless times when you think it’s all going to come crashing down and then suddenly the plan has been there all along and it all clicks in to place. 

Can’t wait to read the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Slavery and Trafficking

smileygels's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing 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

I really really loved this book a bit more than the Shadow and Bone trilogy but I did find it annoying that its called Six of Crows and it was only Kaz, Inej, Jesper, Nina and Matthais who had chapters and not Wylan. Poor Wylan was just shoved to the side :(.

The beginning fight with the Black Tips didnt seem necessary to me and it felt like it was delving away from the story

otherwise i am a Helnik Kanej and Wylan truther.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sam_wal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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 death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Physical abuse, Slavery, Kidnapping, and Grief

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

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

hmbrokaw's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

I adore criminal mastermind children.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, Trafficking, and Abandonment

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

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

ana_maria5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A fantastic heist book with twists and turns to keep the reader engaged. All the characters are so well written and help keep the book exciting. Very excited for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment