Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

222 reviews

sebwayne84's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Gore, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

I was a bit dissapointed. I thought this book was spething completely else.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Trafficking, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Violence, War, Xenophobia, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Torture, Vomit, Sexism, Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Slavery, Alcohol, Body horror, Body shaming, Grief, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Murder

s1x0fh03s's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Wylan <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Rape

Minor: Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

kalelove's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

I'M SORRY I PUT THIS BOOK DOWN A FEW YEARS AGO. I'LL NEVER DO IT AGAIN

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Slavery

Minor: Cursing, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

eguare's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

4.75

I couldn't put this book down, and re-read it about 3 months after finishing it (which I almost never do). I was so engrossed with this book that I didn't even realize that I'd been supposed to read the Shadow & Bone trilogy first until I'd already finished this duology. I greatly appreciated being able to experience a wide-reaching and politically complex fantasy world that wasn't weighed down with constant gratuitous physical and sexual violence (looking at you, GRRM). I'm now fully immersed in the Grishaverse, and can only pray that Leigh Bardugo returns to it in the future. My only (and very slight) critique is that the sense of humor (not of the characters, but in the narration) occasionally seems rather juvenile, though perhaps that's an unfair criticism - it's published in the YA genre, after all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking and Sexual violence

While one of the characters has experienced horrific sexual violence in her past, it is not the central conflict of her story (that is, it's not the "thing that made her stronger"), it is not described graphically and only mentioned in any detail a couple of times, and both the characters and the narrative treat it as a disgusting crime, not something that's minor or something that's inevitable, as is the case with many fantasy books.

elenia3001's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Slavery, and Murder

casdelvo'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: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child death, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Mental illness, Sexual violence, and Slavery

elkhaleon's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

Re-read both books when Shadow and Bone came out on Netflix and years after it is still as good as when I first read it. One of my all-time favorites, the setting and world building is simple but intriguing, the characters are flawed and lovable, the plot is fast-paced and keeps you hooked, and I have yet to find a YA book that I enjoy as much as this one in all aspects.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Trafficking, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

abikatroe'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Rape, Murder, and Misogyny

my_circe4's review against another edition

I found out that I didn't like heist plots in books.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Slavery, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence