Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

120 reviews

maryander_hamilton's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

My favourite book of ALL TIME. The characters are so lovable and fantastic, and I absolutely love them. They’re diverse and fully fleshed out—while there are stereotypes, it’s expanded past that. It’s well paced with high stakes and it was great at keeping me invested. Did I mention the characters? Because I love, love, love the characters. The dynamics between characters are also chefs kiss. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Torture, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Trafficking

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense

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

5.0

I literally just write 2 paragraphs worth of a review and accidentally deleted all of it….:(. Excuse me if this feels less exclusive. Anyway onto the review.
First of all, it took me 3 separate tries and 2 years to get into the book, before I finished it fully, and I am so glad that I did! Following along the journey of these 6 great characters made me so happy, sad, proud, mad, betrayed, empowered, lost, found, amazed, horrified, appalled, terrified, resentful and hopeful. I really liked the way the characters were written with each unique set of skills, quirks, and setbacks. I loved experiencing each characters story(poor Kaz, that was rough) and following their quest(or should I say heist :) ). 
The plot was intriguing and sometimes predictable and sometimes breath-takingly surprising. It was the perfect mix of both. I really loved the mission our characters were on and it kept me interested all the way through. I also loved the representation this book offered(people with disabilities, trauma, mental health problems, gambling addiction, more trauma, abuse, POC, PTSD, and maybe LGBTQ kinda, maybe?). It was a beautiful story and will definitely read the next book in the series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

dinacatharina's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

5.0

Loved it. The way it’s written *chefs kiss*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Torture, and Trafficking

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, and War

andrikkk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

alexandrabelze'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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

thrill, excitement, loveable characters, six of crows had all of that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

trycerabel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious sad tense 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

Minor: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

wet_towlette'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

4.5

This book was very hyped and I have to say I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed the writing style and there was plenty of quotable lines. The concept was so fun and although it took me a little bit to get into the world, once I was it was beautiful. Unfortunately, I felt like I couldn’t really care/connect to each character deeply but I think that’s because there was just always so much going on and so many pov’s. Don't get me wrong, I very much like the characters (their banter was so fun) I just hope the next book will help solidify that a bit more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship