Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

75 reviews

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

this book was pure rollicking, adventurous fun, filled w/ memorable & multidimensional characters and--perhaps my fav thing abt it--crackling & witty dialogue. it's also tightly and smartly plotted--just like kaz handling a deck of cards himself--and i was often amazed at the ingenuity of it all.

i do wish crooked kingdom was at least a lil shorter, however. currently it's jam packed w/ too much stuff, and some of it wasnt all that necessary. im still hung on why the grisha rescue had to happen literally the same night as the sugar silos plan; it overly complicated things.

and while i rly like all the main characters, nina was a lil annoying and i wish she talked abt sth other than food. [redacted]'s death also wasnt as impactful and emotional as i thought it'd be; it kinda happened outta nowhere but maybe that was the point? idk tbh but this book is fun and adventurous and maybe peak YA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Biphobia, Murder, and Trafficking

adrienne_d's review against another edition

adventurous fast-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

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pregnancy

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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, Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Ableism, Trafficking, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, War, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Death of parent

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Ableism, Torture, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

jaderio's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

I absolutely love this book, the characters are beautifully written and presented to the point they shall be embedded in mind for eternity. Kanej!!!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

gabbadabbadoo's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Gun violence, and Confinement

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Slavery and Trafficking

paracosim's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

fantasycat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Violence

black_cat_iiix'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

4.0

I enjoyed this book even more than the Six of Crows, both because of the insight into how young and fallible the characters were and to see the characters develop and grow as they went along.

I did find some of the plot-twists becoming predictable and found some of the writing tactics used to keep the reader in the dark both a little lazy and once purposely misleading which was frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Trafficking

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, and Chronic illness

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Slavery, Colonisation, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia