Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sei di corvi by Leigh Bardugo

191 reviews

sienna1508's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

I really liked this book and the whole fandom including things on Pinterest. It just was a bit long compared to what I normally read but I did like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Genocide, War, Torture, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

graymoon45's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Convoluted plot lines that even the reader doesn't understand until all is said and done. Never too predictable, and we love some good bisexual tension ;)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, Gore, and Animal death

insanelyfruity's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.25

"I'm a business man," he'd told her. "No more, no less. " "You're a thief, Kaz." "Isn't that what I just said?" 

this book surprised me. it was an incredible read, full of sharp retorts, unlikely alliances and bravery that comes only when you have nothing to lose. I usually find it hard to get into the world that a fantasy novel creates but this book made it so easy to be entranced by the Grisha and the Fjerdans and the thieves and everyone else. I understand why there's a show related to this series now that I've read this. can't wait to read the next book in this duology. would highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Death, and Violence

Minor: Death of parent and Classism

vanillaphantoms's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I’m not sure that I was exactly the right audience for this book as I had to imagine the characters about 10 years older to find it believable. I also found the worldbuilding of each country being loosely based on real countries to be lazy at best and loosely offensive at worst. That said, I like the plot well enough, especially towards the end. All the twists were super effective and I will be reading the sequel 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Ableism

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• 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

4.75

Oh my god I finally read this book and I love that so much I gave it 4.75 stars because of the very confusing world building. After a while, I started figuring out how everything works or at least that it doesn’t matter that much and I don’t have to remember every single name, but in the beginning was quite something. 
I am in love with every main character, especially Inej and well every crow and I love the little romance going on. If you know you know, I never like Matthias, though, I never did. Nina can do so much better!!
I love the ice court heist!! It was so interesting and funny, but I have no idea how to imagine that and that’s why started watching the show Shadow and bone. But I’m honestly so disappointed because first of all I didn’t like the shadow and bone triology, and the show is mainly about that, and I only love the the crows. Also, the show was not like any of the books and that make me really mad. I just wanna watch the heist not some other random mission. Anyways I need to read a different genre now, but I’ll come back for Crooked kingdom!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Chronic illness

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Trafficking, Blood, and Genocide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Excrement, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

lyrapollock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Death, Addiction, Slavery, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Deportation, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Deportation, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Animal death

kingcrookback's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

So, I initially avoided giving into the hype over this book for a couple reasons; I'm not super into the YA genre anymore, and I refuse to engage with popular media until it's borderline irrelevant. That might've been a misjudgment. I really enjoyed this! I liked it as a whole--the characters, worldbuilding, relationships, pacing. As a disabled person, I especially appreciated Kaz. The only thing I kept getting mildly tripped up by was how young everybody was; they're all so jaded and experienced but they're also all teenagers. On the Watsonian level, I guess it could be explained by a combination of trauma and class--can't really have an unscarred childhood/adolescence when you're out there fighting for your life. On the Doyleist level, I understand that that's just the genre, and I'm probably just too old to just take it without question.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Trafficking, Xenophobia, Addiction, and Slavery

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual violence

carolinacortez's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? No

4.0

-No mourners
-No funerlas

Finalmente leí este libro y ufff de lo que me estaba perdiendo,  es que no puedo con los increíbles personajes que creo Leigh, cada pov es buenísimo y uedes distinguir muy bien las personalidades de todos, y el como se desarrolla el robo y los plot twists UFFF

The things Men do when they think no one is looking. Shame holds  more vale than con ever can.

Me urge un Kaz y un matthias, a quien engaño este libro fue un enorme bisexual panic para mi, me gustaron todos jajajaja, cada escena entre Kaz-Inej, Matthias-Nina, me traía loca, es que la quimicaaaa, una genio Leigh

Because our crime is existing. Our crime is what we are.

Mi personaje favorita es Niña y por mucho, es que es iconica, cada frase que decía yo pensaba hay que ónerle un altar y rezarle a semejante diosa 

Al final es una increíble historia sobre familia encontrada, prejuicios y sobrellevar el trauma.
Que bueno que ya tengo el segundo, por que es justo lo que sigue lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Torture, Slavery, War, and Gore

Minor: Death of parent, Cursing, and Child death

mozimmerm's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

This book took a while to get me hooked, but once I was hooked, I WAS HOOKED. The characters make this book. It’s hard to pick a favorite character. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, Drug use, Racism, Gore, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Mental illness and Death

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent