Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

53 reviews

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

Finally! I finally read The Book. This started with a month-long hesitation between this one and Shadow & Bone. I read Shadow & Bone in 2019, wasn't impressed, and thought I wouldn't bother with Six of Crows. Then the series was announced and tickled my fancy (LOVE that phrase). The reviews made me think perhaps I hadn't started with the right book. And they were right! I was swept into Ketterdam alongside this troop of misfits and followed hungrily their wacky adventures. As the blurb says, it's Ocean's Eleven in a fantasy world, but in addition to that it's queernormative and diverse and amazing. One thing, though, is that I decided early on that I couldn't believe these kids were 17, so in my head they're more around 25 years old. It did make me look twice when their age was mentioned, but nothing terrible. I'm so glad the ebook I bought also has Crooked Kingdom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

goldengirlbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

aerietta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There is a lot of the darker side of the human experience covered in this book, and it can be gruesome at times.

It also tells stories of overcoming that violence and trauma without diminishing the fact that damage has been done and is not wiped away forever in a state of "having recovered".

I loved the well-written and very subtle foreshadowing carefully laced throughout the story with tremendous pay-off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Vomit, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking are very prominent aspects of the society the story takes place in.

Several characters face their abusers and are at times unable to keep themselves safe from them.