Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

39 reviews

jessfr08_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Child abuse, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Addiction, Death of parent, and Murder

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

another Leigh slay (that rhymes for a reason).

this book was so cool.

found family is probably my favourite trope, and the execution in this one was *chefs kiss*

I loved all the characters so it is a little bit hard to choose favourites but I think my favourite is Nina 🤭 she's just so cool.
I also adore the enemies to lovers part of Nina and Mathias... absolute perfection. (he was added to my book boyfriends ofc)

all the characters are freaking amazing and they are my babies fr.

the first like 50 pages are a little bit slower than the rest of the book and it's definitely a bit confusing (although it helps if you read shadow and bone before this). but it definitely picks up after that. and it's written in third person even with a bunch of different povs but I did get used to it. but I do think it would be better in first person with this amount of povs (I hope this makes sense). but again, I got used to it and the plot became too good for me to even care about it.

I'm just absolutely obsessed with this and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Confinement, Death of parent, and Trafficking

buchstabenmaedchen's review

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Cursing, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia

piper_'s review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and War

rosierosereads's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense

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

5.0

I literally just write 2 paragraphs worth of a review and accidentally deleted all of it….:(. Excuse me if this feels less exclusive. Anyway onto the review.
First of all, it took me 3 separate tries and 2 years to get into the book, before I finished it fully, and I am so glad that I did! Following along the journey of these 6 great characters made me so happy, sad, proud, mad, betrayed, empowered, lost, found, amazed, horrified, appalled, terrified, resentful and hopeful. I really liked the way the characters were written with each unique set of skills, quirks, and setbacks. I loved experiencing each characters story(poor Kaz, that was rough) and following their quest(or should I say heist :) ). 
The plot was intriguing and sometimes predictable and sometimes breath-takingly surprising. It was the perfect mix of both. I really loved the mission our characters were on and it kept me interested all the way through. I also loved the representation this book offered(people with disabilities, trauma, mental health problems, gambling addiction, more trauma, abuse, POC, PTSD, and maybe LGBTQ kinda, maybe?). It was a beautiful story and will definitely read the next book in the series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Gun violence, Gore, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Chronic illness, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Violence, Stalking, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Body horror, and Blood

emilyh44's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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: Torture, Ableism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Medical content, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Confinement, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Cursing

Moderate: Xenophobia and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Vomit

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pizzasprite's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

4.0

As a person who hated Shadow & Bone, I had hesitations going into Six of Crows. But I'm glad I gave Bardugo another chance. This is an excellent heist story, with an entirely lovable cast, all with unique personalities and narrative styles. I think this works really well as a duology; if it was a trilogy, I think the story would have dragged on a bit too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical trauma, and Violence

Minor: Sexual assault

abbyprofen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, and Blood