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Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

48 reviews

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

elenamarmiroli'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Non lo so, non sono convinta del tutto di quest'opera, ma al contempo essa mi è piaciuta discretamente. 

L'inizio è stato lento e non troppo interessante, così come parte del periodo che

la protagonista passa nella città reale per allenarsi

. 

Inoltre, la rivelazione riguardo

l'Oscuro mi è parsa un po' troppo campata per aria, senza abbastanza indizi a sopportarla prima

; al contempo credo però che la cosa fosse però voluta.

Altra cosa, avrei voluto veder sviluppato il cambiamento del

rapporto tra Alina e Mal

.

Nonostante ciò, la storia in generale mi è piaciuta abbastanza e sono curiosa di scoprire come continuerà.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement and Suicide

Minor: Death and Death of parent

writtenbydnicole's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Gun violence

Minor: Grief and Slavery

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

booksxjournals's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

My main thought going into this book, is "what is the author gonna do with 240 pages??" I'm so used to fantasy being 400+ so I was really interested in seeing what could happen, and I'm proud to say that it did really well! I stayed up till 6am finishing this book, I couldn't put it down cuz I was at edge of my seat with those last 50 pages. I was so stressed for this one character I didn't even know I loved that much. Alina did feel I bit stereotypical to me, she's still likeable but I feel like maybe she could've been better? I don't know, but I enjoyed the book, it's an easy read! Can't wait to see this in live action~

Also I think I've been cursed, cuz all of my favorite characters in these fantasy novels end up being evil and betraying me, honestly I should've seen it coming... His character is being played by Ben Barnes, I should've known he was the villain. The hints were there. This does not mean I love him any less tho🤣🤣🤣

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault

mandkips's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood and Adult/minor relationship

jadeisabelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I'm reading Shadow and Bone and the rest of the Grisha trilogy after finishing Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, and I would not recommend doing that because you're gonna get spoiled for what happens in the Grisha Trilogy.

I wanted to read the original trilogy because I loved the world I read in Six of Crows and I was interested in hearing more background about the Grisha and the events leading up to Six of Crows. (And there's a Netflix show coming up soooo, gotta read the books first.) 

I read Shadow and Bone so fast, the pacing is definitely way faster than Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, in my opinion. But I think I like the Crows more than these characters.  

So I like both the friends to lovers and the enemies to lovers tropes and from what I'd heard about the love interests in this book it could go either way. Seems like everyone loves the Darkling so much but I don't understand the appeal, he did nothing but lie, manipulate and use Alina the whole book. I'm really hoping that the friends to lovers trope will pull thru in the rest of the series, Alina deserves to be happy with her best buddy Mal. Also, Genya deserves better too. 

Overall, this book was so hard to rate, but I ended up giving it 3 stars, it was enjoyable, I flew through it, and I got more Grisha content. But did not enjoy the Darkling manipulating Alina and confusing her feelings and making her think that he cares about her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

I'm reading Shadow and Bone and the rest of the Grisha trilogy after finishing Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, and I would not recommend doing that because you're gonna get spoiled for what happens in the Grisha Trilogy. I wanted to read the original trilogy because I loved the world I read in Six of Crows and I was interested in hearing more background about the Grisha and the events leading up to Six of Crows. (And there's a Netflix show coming up soooo, gotta read the books first.) I read Shadow and Bone so fast, the pacing is definitely way faster than Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom, in my opinion. But I think I like the Crows more than these characters. So I like both the friends to lovers and the enemies to lovers tropes and from what I'd heard about the love interests in this book it could go either way. Seems like everyone loves the Darkling so much but I don't understand the appeal, he did nothing but lie, manipulate and use Alina the whole book. I'm really hoping that the friends to lovers trope will pull thru in the rest of the series, Alina deserves to be happy with her best buddy Mal. Also, Genya deserves better too. Overall, this book was so hard to rate, but I ended up giving it 3 stars, it was enjoyable, I flew through it, and I got more Grisha content. But did not enjoy the Darkling manipulating Alina and confusing her feelings and making her think that he cares about her. Now for some quotes; ' "Did you miss me, Alina? Did you miss me when you were gone?" "Every day," I said honestly. "I missed you every hour. And you know what the worst part was? It caught me completely by surprise. I'd catch myself walking around to find you, not for any reason, just out of habit, because I'd seen something that I wanted to tell you about or because I wanted to hear your voice. And then I'd realize that you weren't there anymore, and every time,every single time,it was like having the wind knocked out of me.I've risked my life for you. I've walked half the length of Ravka for you, and I'd do it again and again and again just to be with you, just to starve with you and freeze with you and hear you complain about hard cheese every day. So don't tell me we don't belong together," he said fiercely. He was very close now, and my heart was suddenly hammering in my chest. "I'm sorry it took so long for me to see you, Alina. But I see you now." He lowered his head, and I felt his lips on mine. The world seemed to go silent and all I knew was the feel of his hand in mine as he drew me closer, and the warm press of his mouth.' Pg.298 '"Fine," he said with a weary shrug. "Make me your villain." Pg. 325 (Bro you do nothing but lie and manipulate everyone for your own gain if you're not a villian then what are you??) '(..) "So maybe I don't believe it yet either, not completely, but it's the truth." He clutched my hands more tightly, holding them close to his heart. "I don't care if you danced naked on the roof of the Little Palace with him. I love you, Alina, even the part of you that loved him." I wanted to deny it, to erase it, but I couldn't. Another sob shook me. "I hate that I ever thought... that I ever--" "Do you blame me for every mistake I made? For every girl I tumbled? For every dumb thing I've said? Because if we start running tallies on stupid you know who's going to come out ahead." "No, I don't blame you." I managed a small smile. "Much." He grinned and my heart flip-flopped the way it always had. "We found our way back to each other, Alina. That's all that matters." He kissed me through the bars, the cold iron pressing against my cheek as his lips met mine.' Pg. 331

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, and Animal death