Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Val en Verlossing by Leigh Bardugo

187 reviews

brekker_by_brekker'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: Rape

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, War, and Toxic relationship

matthiasreads's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Ableism

what_karla_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Grief

Minor: Child death

aidareads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and War

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, and Sexual assault

this_is_naomimi's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

eguare's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

3.5

I read the Shadow & Bone trilogy after reading the Six of Crows duology, and I'm sad to report that I found the plot, writing, and characters of the follow-up duology to be much more compelling than the Shadow & Bone trilogy. I found the magic system's rules confusing and not particularly well explained, and after reading SoC, the main character and main villain felt much more YA trope-y than original creations. That said, some of my favorite characters of the Grishaverse originate in this trilogy, and the complex political tapestry that Bardugo has woven begins here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Emotional abuse

i_write_on_occasion's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

An improvement from Siege and Storm and a fine conclusion to the trilogy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

Minor: Sexual content and Sexual assault

nataliebootlah'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The conclusion to the Grisha trilogy went out with a bang, aka the much-needed action we were waiting for. 

I’m not sure how I feel about the ending, but the lead up was gorily action-packed. Overall the series was good. I enjoyed the storyline, plot, and most of the characters. That being said, Mal and Alina never really gave me the ‘wow factor’ like characters in other fantasy series. But like I said, the action (and a few mildly-predictable twists) really brought this book to life. 

Eventually I’ll pick up the Six of Crows series too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Grief, Blood, and Death

casdelvo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, War, and Confinement

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief