Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

75 reviews

oliverreeds'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

jazhandz's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Gun violence, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Ableism, Confinement, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

kinsportch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Addiction, Death, Slavery, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Cursing

gayghostprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Slavery, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, and Sexual violence

kingsteph's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Mental illness, Trafficking, Torture, Violence, Slavery, Pregnancy, Ableism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Drug use, and Confinement

cleo_wylde'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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.75

I heard some spoilers about this book which made me drag my feet a bit, and I went back and forth on how much I actually liked it, but this was honestly like reading 4 books in one.

Six of Crows was so focused, so linear on the one big job; very much like Ocean's Eleven. Crooked Kingdom had several schemes within schemes, like Russian nesting dolls. I was worried I would get lost in all the twists, but it was surprisingly easy to follow.

I really appreciated how each character had to face their weaknesses, their blind spots and traumas, in order to succeed. I loved how this talented crew faced failures and betrayals and literally had nothing left. Despite how good the team is, they felt like underdogs.

My one biggest complaint

is the death that happened. It didn't add anything to the story; it felt like someone decided that not everyone should survive, so they picked someone to die just for the sake of losing someone.

It felt out of place and random in an otherwise well-constructed story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Grief, Slavery, Torture, and Trafficking

elthechameleon's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

4.75

This book is easy to get lost in. It has the classic found family trope, but the plot twists are so well structured and planned that it keeps you on your toes the entire story.

Matthias’ death was crushing, but does this promise to change drüskelle ways mean another book for Nina? Or another book for Inej and Kaz finally taking down slavers and swindlers? And how incredible to see the fearless couple develop so thoughtfully, carefully…the ending with Inej threatening Pekka and Kaz finding her parents reminded me that these two always find small ways to show love, even if the other doesn’t know it.

The overarching narrative of struggle and sins was artfully done. The investigating quotation is: How does one forgive after such acts? A good takeaway message with thrills and adventures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Violence, Abandonment, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Ableism

kathkas's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Trafficking

laylaxm17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

5.0

AMAZING LEIGH BARDUGO NEVER MISSES! These characters are so so amazing and the plot is so intricate and interesting it’s amazing to see the world and everything unfold.

the death at the end is heartbreaking

. The relationships not only romantically but just between all the characters is so hard not to love. It manages to be character driven and have such deep amazing characters while also having a great plot. Love it so much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Ableism, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement