Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

94 reviews

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

fanhhb'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: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death, and Murder

Minor: Cursing and Death of parent

ciarramist's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Trafficking

laneys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Child death, and Chronic illness

larazager's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

comfort book, comfort characters :’))) i would die for jesper

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, and Trafficking

Minor: Addiction, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Trafficking, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

camoo3032's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Gore, and Stalking

lindasoderlundd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Addiction, and Child abuse

Moderate: Torture and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent

espiargrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A great sequel to Six of Crows! Though not quite as good in my opinion. The first 150 pages flew by for me, as did the last 100 or so, but the middle felt quite slow to me, with a lot of talking, and planning, and negotiating, in lieu of action. 
I also felt as though some of the character arcs weren't pulled of as well as in the first book, though Wylan was definitely more developed in this book, and I was glad to see some chapters from his POV. 
I wasn't really satisfied with the ending (though I'm very picky, and have yet to read a book with an ending that I found satisfying), and I felt that certain events were rushed, resulting in character arcs with lukewarm resolutions. 
That said, the writing and imagery were still lovely, the plot and premise were creative, and overall, this duology was a really fun adventure. I'd it to most fantasy readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Child death, and Child abuse

Haphephobia

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