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Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Trafficking, Murder
Minor: Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Vomit, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Kidnapping
Minor: Cursing, Suicide, Vomit, Death of parent
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization
Minor: Slavery, Religious bigotry
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Ableism, Physical abuse
Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent
Reread Review: On a reread, this book is even more impressive. Leigh's character work is so pitch perfect, that you immediately understand each character's motivations and drive, even more so than those that popped up in the Grisha trilogy. Kaz, Inej, Jesper, Nina, Matthias, and Wylan have become so beloved over the years for a reason and revisiting this book really reminded me why so many people (including myself) came to love them in the first place. It also helps that this book's plot is tight and propulsive, no extra fat here. The pacing is full throttle, breakneck speed of plot twists so marvelous that you'd think Leigh herself is one of the Crows. This book is a modern classic and deserves its place as such.
OG Review: This book blew me away. The characters were phenomenal and the plot was almost Sanderson-style intense with the amount of insanity and character-driven emotional-wreck inducing panic. I don't know if I can really say much without spoiling. Honestly though, go pick this book up, you will DEVOUR it :D
Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug use, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder
Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking
Minor: Bullying
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content
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!)
Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Slavery, Trafficking, Religious bigotry
Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Slavery, Religious bigotry
Minor: Ableism