Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

105 reviews

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide, War, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Child death, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Sexism, Death, Drug use, and Torture

shahdhazem's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This started off as really bad for me as I went through I was getting more and more disappointed about certain characters and the whole plot of the book but the last bit of the book was such a nice surprise. I was honestly thinking of giving it a 3 star because at the start it was very plain no story literally got no new info about nikolai and ravka than what I already knew from shadow and bone but I adore nikolai very much so I was just pushing on for him. Also I want to mention that I hate leigh for messing up Nina's character like that she's soo different from what she was in six of crows and I know some will say because of a certain tragic event but I honestly don't think that this event should've changed her completely no on the contrary. Also her chapters lacked any connection to nikolai's and zoya's chapters which was irritating. Last thing I'll come to the bit I liked which was the plot twists in the end that were literally mind blowing for me they were really well enacted and I gave a whole star for that and I have kind of some high hopes for rule of the wolves.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Animal death, Forced institutionalization, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Vomit

siennakt30's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

paili's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Pregnancy

lethukhanyile's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Addiction, Miscarriage, and Trafficking

kredeprnz's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Murder, Death, Drug use, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Torture, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury

jupitermond's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Miscarriage, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Child death, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Child abuse

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

Bardugo's writing never ceases to amaze me. The worldbuilding is immaculate - I don't want to find my way back to reality once I get lost in the Grishaverse. As I expected, the characters are amazing too. Nikolai was one of my favorite characters in the Shadow and Bone trilogy, so I enjoyed getting to know him on a deeper level. Nina's journey in the north was very intriguing as well. What surprised me was how much I ended up liking Zoya! I'm excited to read the second book in the duology and find out what happens to all these incredible characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Misogyny

Minor: Pregnancy

veerau's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Well, what to say? I liked it way more than the original trilogy, but not as mich as SoC and CK... 

Despite it being Nikolai's book, the focus wanders between him and Nina's (seemingly?) disconnected storyline. I did like reading about the character Isaak and his struggles in his new "position" 👁

His death was something I wasn't prepared for though! I hoped to see him in the next book as well, then the stabbing happened </3

The only thing I didn't really like was the ending... 

Why bring back the Darkling, Elizaveta could have been great on her own hhhhhhh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, and Grief

Moderate: Pregnancy and Trafficking