Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

32 reviews

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

adventurous 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

I definitely enjoyed this book the most of the Grishaverse. But also reading 5 of these books back-to-back has left me in no desire to read the other two. I've been stuck in this world for what seems like forever and I really wanna read something else now lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Infidelity, Medical content, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit

burnthewitch's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Trafficking

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Slavery, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Police brutality

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

maewinter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Addiction, Blood, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse

agentsofromanov's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved it. A lot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

confusedmuse's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Torture

goldengirlbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

loved this duology (although Sources say —see Leigh’s Twitter in 2018—that she has a third book in mind‼️)

But she also ripped my heart out (IYKYK) and idk if I can forgive her for that 😭

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Xenophobia

librariesoflindsey's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is an amazing sequel to Six of Crows and leaves me wanting more. The book is so well written and the unpredictable plot twists are never ending. The surprising intimacy these characters display with themselves, each other, and the reader will leave you swooning. This book made me cry, which is saying something as I rarely cry while reading.
I will definitely reread this series over and over again and would recommend this to anyone wanting to read more fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

All of the characters in this book have some form of trauma which is described in graphic detail. Please be aware of the possible triggers as it can get graphic.