Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

83 reviews

kingcrookback'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

I...wasn't expecting this to make me cry the way it did. The character all still being teenagers is still a sticking point for me--although, props to Leigh Bardugo, she did turn that into a little tongue-in-cheek joke in the book. But Bardugo handles both plot and character tension so well and balances them with each other so evenly that I could hardly bear to put the book down sometimes. My only, relatively minor issue is that, as an Asian person, I found the handling of the Shu (particularly events

around Wylan wearing Kuwei's face

) characters uncomfortable. But overall, Bardugo really stuck the landing with this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Trafficking, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

yliana's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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 truly cannot express my love for this duology. ketterdam and the crows feel like home.
but also screw you, Leigh. why must you keep ripping my heart out and tearing it to shreds.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Pregnancy

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, and Ableism

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Trafficking, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child death, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Colonisation, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, and War

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Addiction, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Trafficking, Classism, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Rape, Alcohol, and Body horror

Minor: Infidelity

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Body horror, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Slavery

Minor: Ableism and Sexual assault

arielfarren'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

There were so many things I loved about this book. I loved the morally grey characters, the banter, the plot and how I never knew what was going to happen next and if Kaz would pull it off, I loved all three of the romance plots (even though it was a little unconventional for the main characters to be paired with one another), the friendships, and the crossover of characters from the Shadow and Bones series. The ending alone I would give 5 stars—if was so satisfying and heart wrenching, feeling like the perfect conclusion of the series. A major theme of this book is hope and healing from what’s happened to you. They didn’t have perfect lives, but the Crows are alive and fighting for a chance at their happiness. 

 
The Crows struggle with gambling addictions, learning and physical disabilities, PTSD, etc.—they are showcased as criminals, and at times untouchable, but are still very much human.

Inej and Kaz might’ve been my favorite couple as they both undergo so much growth as individuals and together as a relationship is unconventional to them.  For each other, they slowly tested their limits and showed love in their own personal ways; Kaz changing Inej’s bandages despite his touch aversion, Inej always being near, and my favorite, Kaz reuniting Inej with her parents. 

Favorite Quotes:
 “I would come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together—knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
“You’re better than waffles, Matthias Helvar.”
“He doesn’t say goodbye. He just lets go.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Torture, and Trafficking

cecinamo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

It is an amazing sequel to Crooked Kingdom!!!! I loved it so much! Te whole book you will just be in awe of how smart Kaz is xD. Also I love the small references to The Shadow and Bone Trilogy here and there. All the characters are so amazing and the plot is just mind boggling!!!! (I don’t know how else to describe it) I had to cry multiple times because of how sad or beautiful the book was. Just like Six of Crows, a must read!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racism, and Slavery

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Ableism, Child death, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Rape, and Death of parent

insanelyfruity's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

I LOVE this duology SO MUCH. I cannot believe how incredibly immersive the author has made this reading experience. no wonder the characters were adapted into a series. I can't get enough of this book ahhh! 
reading this book was one of the best decisions I made. I love it so much and already miss the grishaverse and all the adorable Crows. 

maybe it's because I already knew Matthias was gonna d1e (my friend gave me spoilers), or maybe because of his very limited presence in this book but I didn't find Matthias' d3ath as emotional as I would've expected. I was actually more disturbed when Jesper got into a scuffle and the chapter ended on a cliffhanger. maybe it's because of which characters I connect with more emotionally.

 
absolutely loved jesper's character development in this book. inej is so mommy fr.

"The blood you spill is the blood of kings," seethed

Dunyasha

. "You are not fit for such a gift." 
...
Inej raised a brow and slowly wiped the blood of kings on her trousers. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Classism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Slavery, Death, and Rape

shelvesofivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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: Gore, Violence, Ableism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Death, Grief, Murder, Addiction, and Blood

Moderate: Trafficking, Classism, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Religious bigotry