Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

56 reviews

cucubmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Quick and easy read. I would definitely recommend this book of you're in a reading slump, and/or wanting to get back into the fantasy genre. 

While the characters aren't particularly special or complicated, I enjoyed the way they interacted with the world. The word building is easily digestible, while still presenting a unique magic system. 

I have yet to read the other books in this trilogy (or the other series in this universe), but I still really enjoyed this story! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

7/10. I think the magic system and even the political system are interesting. However, I usually hate love triangles and this is no exception. I typically love the friends-to-lovers trope but Mal kind of sucks at the beginning. Like, who would sleep with a ton of girls when you're actually in love with your best friend the whole time?? I like Mal more by the end. Also, them confessing their feelings wasn't satisfying at all and fell kind of flat. I think that the character of the Darkling is super fascinating and complex, which I love. I am not a fan of Alina which is really unfortunate because she's the main character - but this is because she is TOO MUCH of a main character. She just wants to fit in when she clearly is unique, she is a peasant in high society, she only has one friend and doesn't get along with other girls (aka she's not like other girls), and she won't kill when it is absolutely necessary. The dialogue is kind of so bad that it's good. Like it's very bad but most of the time it made me laugh because of how bad it is instead of making me say "this is stupid." The ending was awful, in my opinion. I know there are more books in the series but the events of the last 50 pages made me say "what the f is this?" about 8 times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and War

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Self harm and suicidal ideation are mentioned but not acted on. Also, there is an attempted sexual assault but it does not progress further.

makenna_reads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Toxic relationship, Gore, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Torture, Slavery, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Sexual content

paperbackstacks's review

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Medical content, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gun violence, Slavery, War, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

iloponis's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

fun, will be reading the next one in the series 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Death

ambientcrows's review

adventurous 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Classism, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

lizzyc_16's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Despite the hype, i've heard mixed reviews of this book but I have to say... I fricking loved it. I honestly don't know what to say besides that. Definitely deserves the hype it gets <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Cursing

faitherslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Death, Gore, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt