Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

46 reviews

literallyliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Rape, Torture, Classism, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

grimmarray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Body horror, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Violence, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Racism, Gun violence, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, and Death

Moderate: Torture, War, and Physical abuse

seren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Drug use, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Trafficking, Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Ableism

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Religious bigotry, Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, War, Kidnapping, Classism, and Racism

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, and War

themoonshoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

the crows my babies…… kanej makes me want to pull my hair out and run into the ocean <3

also i knew matthias was getting axed and it still hurted </3

anyways a little more drawn out than the first book but it needed to seem like the crows were at the end of their rope so i get it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Grief, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Xenophobia, and Sexism

definitely read these before the shadow and bone books

veronicatabor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder and Death

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Racism

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

5.0

The relationships in this book are so well done, the dramatic tension is so high and the last section had me in tears! I was rooting for everyone and was still surprised when everything came together the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Outing, Blood, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual violence

For one of the final scenes there is shooting into a crowd

but it is one shot done by a person who will only hit one intended target for the heist to go off

. There is also a plague,

though it is also manufactured and doesn't harm people, but causes most of the city to go into confinement

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trycerabel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, War, Grief, and Gun violence

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Trafficking

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, and Cursing