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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

45 reviews

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

ewwniamh'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

six of crows book three when 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Blood, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Torture

turtle24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence

liminalnotes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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

I don't even know what to say. Six of Crows made me fall in love with this crew. And Crooked Kingdom just made me fall even harder that I somehow could not stop reading but also wanted to delay leaving these characters behind. I laughed, I cried bawled, I stopped to let a moment sink in, I shed some tears, I welled up with pride, then I cried some more (yes, there really was a lot of crying). 

I admit Six of Crows was hard to get into at first because I was completely new to the Grishaverse. But once the world-building was set, I was all in. And with Crooked Kingdom, there was not much exposition to do, you just go straight to the story with the characters which made it an even better read than Six of Crows for me. 

Aside from the characters which I can go on and on about, I have to praise the plot itself, too. Everything was set up so well that everything just made sense. As much as I don't want to say goodbye to these characters yet, it really is one of the best conclusions I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Slavery, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual harassment

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

shanelh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Torture, Trafficking, and Addiction

Moderate: Death, Grief, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

_sruthi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Trafficking

Minor: Death

taliaolfindo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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: Death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Rape

purplehulk713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Truly compelling and masterfully crafted, Leigh Bardugo is truly a Grisha, a Corporalki able to both rend and heal your heart with her cruel and beautiful tales. My friend Alice was so right to keep insisting that I read this series. As much as I hate Kaz, he is wonderfully written, Inej is epic, Jesper is hilarious and precise, Nina is witty and pragmatic, Matthias is gorgeous and admirable in his change of heart which made his fate all the more lamentable, and Wylan is adorable and his struggles of character and family are fascinating. I find this book was even better than the first with all of its swerving twists and triumphant victories coming from the most downtrodden individuals in all of Kerch. Inej’s reunion at the end Gad me close to tears and the development of Nina’s unique power was eerie and fascinating. Leigh Bardugo is a master of her own Small Science—the manipulation of words for her own incredible manifestations! When you can’t beat the odds, change the game.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

Some of it is graphic but I couldn’t recall if all of them were so I thought better safe than sorry.