Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

582 reviews

bakerindale's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Body horror, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Slavery and Trafficking

vzarlb's review

adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.5

as good as i remember

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Murder, Gun violence, Child death, Trafficking, and Hate crime

Minor: Cursing, Torture, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

amelia_rose_20's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

5.0

 10/10 | "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo amazes with unparalleled character depth, each member of its ragtag crew brought to life with intricate struggles and fears, all set against the backdrop of a thrilling heist.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Trafficking, Violence, Sexual violence, and Slavery

megbook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

10/10 One of the most amzing books❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Death

Moderate: Violence, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

ofinkandscales's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

Spoiler-free TL;DR Review:
This book is phenomenal, each character is well written, the pacing is great, and it will absolutely tug at your heartstrings at times.

Spoiler Review:

I originally got into this book because of my love for the Netflix series (#SaveShadowandBone) and boy do I regret not reading this sooner. Kaz Brekker will always be my favorite, the deadliest boy in all of Ketterdam. Of all the scenes in the entire book, the scene with the Crows riding the stolen tank through the Fjerdan streets, the sense of "this is it, we did it" had me in tears because for the entire book, everyone doubted this ragtag group of criminals kids, and despite all the doubters, /they did it/. And just as soon as they did it, it all went kettle up and now I can't wait to get into Crooked Kingdom. Even if I hadn't seen the show first, I believe I still would've fallen in love with this world of criminals and heists, each character is so well written, no one is flat and each one pops off the page as if they were a real, flesh and blood person. The way Leigh Bardugo describes her scenes makes the entire thing similar to a movie; the electric feeling of Nina taking the jurda parem and her power being felt by all, even the reader, the feeling of Jordie's bloated and slippery flesh under Kaz's hands, the turmoil Matthias feels between loyalty to his country or the girl he loves, and the feeling of walking through miles of snow and ice with only the promise of riches keeping you going.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Trafficking, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Sexual assault

The entire book revolves around a heist between a crew in Ketterdam and the country of Fjerda. Those who reside in Fjerda have a rank of people known as Druskelle who use religion as a justification for eradicating the Grisha simply for being different. The Fjerdans regularly claim Grisha are less than dogs, are monsters, etc. One of the main characters is kidnapped and trafficked into a brothel and forced to "work down" her debt. One of the main characters has deep trauma and suicidal thoughts at times. One character deals with addiction, and another deals with an abusive family. Gore is described in detail.

tiana_king's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

The first few chapters were boring but things really picked up from there. All the POVs were interesting and I enjoyed how the characters worked together. I’m eager to see where the gang goes from here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Animal death, Classism, Confinement, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: War

arwen4's review

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, Violence, Trafficking, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Classism, Drug use, and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, and Self harm

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Child death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicidal thoughts

wizardcantrips's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Child abuse, Trafficking, Slavery, and Drug abuse

jjwelden's review

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

melincholyssa's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Deportation, Child death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Xenophobia, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Sexism, Gun violence, Classism, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, Gore, Cursing, Child abuse, and Body horror