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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

7 reviews

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Abandonment, Body horror, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Racism, and Xenophobia

Relationship (explicitly unhealthy/abusive) between teenager and character who appears around the same age, but is 100+.

safety_pin's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The book is a hundred times better than the tv show!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Moderate: Abandonment, Colonisation, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Slavery

ma1vina's review

adventurous 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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

papayawarrior's review

adventurous inspiring mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Toxic relationship

The Darkling is hundreds of years old but Alina partner is only 17

_evelyn's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I’ve never hated any character as much as I hate the darkling

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

montanabear444's review

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.75

I have read and reread Shadow and Bone several times throughout the years and I can maintain that it is a good easy adventure on the surface with a fair amount of nuance underneath. As the start to a really amazing and well-developed universe of books, Leigh Bardugo does an amazing job in world-building, but some of the characters fall a bit flat. I have heard several reviews of people who hate the main character, Alina, for various reasons, mostly that she's bland and boring, but I find her a very realist character. She does not have a crazy amount of character growth in this book- she's just trying to survive after all- but if you continue through the Grishaverse you will see the subtle character development. Then there's the Darkling, our favorite

villian. I love and hate the Darkling. He is a great example of powerful men who manipulate women to get their way. However, far too often, he gets mischaracterized by fans as the morally-grey love interest. HES NOT! He is a manipulative, vindictive jerk who only cared about his own interests and would destroy anything to achieve them. He manipulated and violated Alina and her bodily autonomy with the collar and he groomed a child to be raped for his own self-interest. That's not morally-grey, it's straight evil. I'm not even gonna talk about Mal because he is divisive among fans. Personally, I found him pretty boring but sweet. He wasn't dumb by any means by he sometimes felt like an afterthought and gave be himbo vibes. I would prefer if Alina ended up with Zoya or Genya, but Mal grew on me through the series. He's a bit annoying in this one at times though. The real standout was Genya. She's essentially just a victim in this book, but her character and her struggles, which we don't really find out about fully until the end, are really telling about Ravka, the rulers, the Grisha hierarchy, and the Darkling.

Anyway, pretty good, ~3.7 for me, but a must read if you want to get the full context in reading Six of Crows or get into the universe.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Religious bigotry

Minor: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship

soph_111's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia