Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

47 reviews

axel_p's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

I have no idea why it took me so long to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Grief, Pregnancy, Ableism, Blood, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence, Addiction, Body horror, Slavery, Xenophobia, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, War, and Torture

zuth6462's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Death, War, Ableism, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Torture, Slavery, Murder, and Kidnapping

khea's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Racism, Murder, Abandonment, Classism, and Addiction

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexual violence, and Torture

josiee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Rape, Blood, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Torture, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Abandonment, Classism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Death, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Classism, and Confinement

Moderate: Trafficking and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, and Child death

afrogal's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Confinement, Kidnapping, Addiction, Blood, Death, and Violence

Minor: Child death, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

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

arianwen_evans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Spectacular writing, I really enjoy Bardugo's use of different perspectives for each chapter. Whenever a chapter finished on a cliffhanger I whooped for joy when I found that the character change would explain to me the inner workings of the another character's mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, and Classism

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

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