Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

199 reviews

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Gaslighting, War, Violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Genocide

blubonby's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

I was a bit worried about not enjoying because i’ve hear a lot of  mixed reviews but I thought it was nice, nothing revolutionary but a good solid book that I enjoyed reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Animal death

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

sxndaze's review

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The show is definitely better, but it’s still a fun read. It’s interesting to see the differences.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, War, Toxic relationship, and Death

themiscyra_anna's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, War, and Slavery

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Confinement

Minor: Rape and Child death

lilylovelace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Alina is the main character of this book and I quite enjoyed her. I'm usually not really a fan of first person books, but Leigh made it easy for me to get along with it. 

As for the the whole book the writing was very enjoyable and it was very easy to get through this book. 
I love when books come with "extras" like a map or infos.

The book follows some "typical" YA tropes, so you either like or hate it. 

In the end I enjoyed the book and I am excited to read book number two. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

A decent read with a really interesting world and magic system. There is a lot of potential for there to be more, but instead the story opts for a very simple story. Despite this, it is enjoyable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Gun violence and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual content

raypaws's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Animal death, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Slavery, War, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

hmbrokaw's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring slow-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

4.0

Love the vibes, love the people, love the twists and turns 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship and Violence

yavanna95's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent