Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Sei di corvi by Leigh Bardugo

123 reviews

tinyted7's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

spookfish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

molliecantread's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Trafficking

anathoresh's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

awanderingweasel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Ableism, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Body shaming, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

k_fitzy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

AMAZING! If you haven't read it you're truly missing out. Worth all the hype and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

shadowvampyra's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

This story sucked me in, and I binge-read it in one day. The characters were compelling and three-dimensional, and despite their morality lingering in various shades of gray, I still found myself rooting for them. Or maybe I was drawn to them BECAUSE they weren't perfectly good heroes. They felt real and complex.

As for the plot, it was engaging and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the entirety of the book. The only criticism I have is that sometimes it felt like it relied too much on Kaz's ability to plan several steps ahead to get them out of seemingly impossible positions. Perhaps in a reread I might discover that there was more foreshadowing, but in my first read it took away some of the stakes. By the end of the book, any danger they were in wasn't as convincing because I assumed Kaz would present a solution at the last second. Despite this, however, my love for the characters more than made up for this shortcoming and I plowed through until the very end, still wanting more. (And luckily there is another book!)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

m_________'s review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Cursing

brianareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Slavery and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism

humanmosquito's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

Bardugo's calling seems to be as a screenwriter, not an author, dolling out MCU-worthy quips every page to distract from the repetitive plot beats. The book very quickly begins to feel stale, going in a loop of "oh no we're doomed!-yay, it worked out fine!-oh no! we're doomed!-Kaz fixed it, it's alright!" well past the 400 page mark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Kidnapping