Reviews tagging 'War'

Sei di corvi by Leigh Bardugo

114 reviews

lelekochka's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Cannibalism

ghoststations's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.75

A wild ride from start to finish. Leant a little heavily on the changing points of view to give the reader the element of surprise/suspence towards the end, but was still thoroughly enjoyable though all of those moments. Characters that I loved/loved to hate, worldbuilding that blended nicely into the story. Relationships (friendships, romance, rivalries, etc) that all felt real and were compelling. Can't wait to read the sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore, Sexual assault, Blood, and Alcohol

Casual use of the word "cripple", with the context that the books is written by a disabled author.

charles_xavier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Sexual violence, Blood, War, and Classism

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Kidnapping

toastyghosty13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

2.0

i think i liked this book a lot more than any of the other books in the grisha universe i’ve read so far. 

i enjoyed this book and the idea of an oceans 11-esque heist. i did find some parts cheesy and also found the swap from enemies to friends/lovers to be a bit lackluster and strange. an example of this is

nina and matthias. during the flashbacks that showed to context for the status of the friendship/relationship, i was rooting for them to get together. however, the beginning of their reunion is clearly framed with them hating each other. matthias goes from hating her to loving her with no real action or event taking place, which seemed odd to me if only a few chapters before he tried to kill her and hated her. the same goes for kaz, it seems like he goes from coworkers/acquaintances with inej to loving her out of nowhere. i’m not against these relationships —in fact i love them — but they did seem to happen randomly to me.

i actually liked reading about these characters too, unlike most of the characters in the shadow and bone series. i am looking forward to the 2nd part of this duology, and if it is good enough will consider reading king of scars, although i did not find myself enamored with the main character of that when he was in shadow and bone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, and War

c_l_ara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, and War

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and War

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

hal00alex's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death and Death

Minor: Addiction, Gun violence, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, and War

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Confinement, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment