Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

108 reviews

bubbly_lara's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring tense 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? No

4.75

Can confirm, the hype is real. This was sooo good!! I loved the world building and the story; Alina is such a relatable character, I felt so much for her. My absolute favourite scene of the book has to be

right before Mal and Alina find Morozova's stag. Ugh, all the feels!
"I'm sorry it took me so long to see you, Alina. But I see you now."
My little heart just cannot...

. I really liked how Alina realised what exactly she's capable of doing and I'm excited to see how her story continues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Classism

Moderate: War and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

jjjjo's review against another edition

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Slavery, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Relationship (explicitly unhealthy/abusive) between teenager and character who appears around the same age, but is 100+.

samone2'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

mia_luvsreading's review

adventurous 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? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Blood, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

jinx_mars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

lilylovelace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Alina is the main character of this book and I quite enjoyed her. I'm usually not really a fan of first person books, but Leigh made it easy for me to get along with it. 

As for the the whole book the writing was very enjoyable and it was very easy to get through this book. 
I love when books come with "extras" like a map or infos.

The book follows some "typical" YA tropes, so you either like or hate it. 

In the end I enjoyed the book and I am excited to read book number two. :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Slavery, Toxic relationship, Murder, and War

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent