Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

48 reviews

dlrosebyh's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.0

(reread)

shadow and bone is your typical ya fantasy. it contains of course a love triangle, fantastic world building, escapism, and an old, attractive villain. regardless it being cliche, i definitely still enjoyed it. bardugo’s writing is impeccable— i always have a difficult time understanding the first chapters of her books, but once you grasp it, you’d be amazed with the world building. if it didn’t have cliche elements, i would probably give it a higher rating. overall, i give it 3 stars. (i can’t wait to meet nikolai again in the next book).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Toxic relationship

Minor: Blood

krijemseoddusana's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, and Death

pogchampsterxx's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

katvou's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

diem's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

fast&fun
could be more in depth with the interpersonal relationships
Should have read it before I watched the show though

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Gun violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

greenapplescented250's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

missbee1239's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

2.75

This book was okay but I did not like the main character at all so I had a hard time rooting for her. Her only thoughts were either about guys or about not fitting in wherever she was which I felt was really annoying because she did very well. The world-building was done and I might continue the series just to see maybe some better characters in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hibou's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

książka bardzo fajna, styl lekki, jednak czegoś brakowało, ciężko mi stwierdzić czego
zobaczymy co będzie w oblężeniu i nawałnicy (ㆁωㆁ)
edit: ocenę zmieniam na wyższą, ponieważ książka miała świetny klimat
bardzo polecam

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Alcohol

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

I have very mixed feelings about this series. I love the world it's set in and most of the plot (specifically the first book), but the characters just fall short. They are all very one-sided and are difficult to connect to... except for Nikolai. I absolutely adore Nikolai. He was such a necessary part of the second book because parts of it were so painfully slow and he was the only reason I was interested in reading it. The third book was very good plot-wise as well. And there was a lot more going on than there was in the second book. But (spoiler) I really didn't like the way it ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

erovelo's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence