Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

123 reviews

the_ash37's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shelbyrodger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Excrement, Death of parent, and War

cactuspunk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Genocide, and Alcohol

johns6ka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Pedophilia

e_papankova_333's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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: Ableism, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

waterbear0821's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

3.5

This was a re-read. I read the book when it first came out and I had forgotten it so completely by the time the sequel came out that I felt I had to re-read it…but I didn’t until my book club chose to read it because it was so incredibly forgettable and all I could remember about it was that it was exhausting. 
So after a second read, here’s my review: the story is mostly fun - assemble a team and pull off a heist! The pace is fast, the writing style is very fun and engaging. The downsides: the characters are completely unbelievable and not at all engaging. The cleverest, most dangerous person in this crime-riddled city is…17. Okay. 🙄 Everyone has to have a ridiculous, toxic romantic entanglement with another member of the crew. 🙄🙄 deus ex machina around every corner, tropes heavily reliant on stereotypes, gratuitous trauma as a substitute for actual character development …bah. No wonder I remembered it being exhausting. The writing and the action are good enough to carry it through, but at 8 years old it already feels dated. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

Minor: Misogyny

arobear's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

I had a good time while reading this book, but I thought I would get much more attached to the characters given the hype I'd heard from others. It is a good character study--and who doesn't like a good heist plot?--but the plot itself felt a bit predictable for me.

I also ended up not liking the main ships that much, but I think that may be because the characters felt distant through the multiple viewpoints. It was all a bit disjointed and I failed to see the chemistry between some of them. That may just be my preference for one narrator though.

Overall, a good read, and I'll be reading the next in the series. 

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On reread after Crooked Kingdom: 

After learning more about the character backstories, I felt much more connected and invested in their stories throughout the book. Wylan and Jesper in particular - I wish there had been Wylan POV in SoC. Multiple POVs really do throw me off, so the reread (and particularly the audiobook) made that easier. Still not 100% on board for Nina/Mattias, but fell hard into shipping Wylan/Jesper and Kaz/Inej. 100000% would die for any of these kids!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Genocide, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Sexual violence, Torture, and Death of parent

rrio's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, and Blood

katies_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Genocide and Pandemic/Epidemic