Reviews tagging 'Death'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

798 reviews

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

An absolutely awesome read! After years of grad school readings then a year of non-fiction, this book brought back that feeling of wanting to devour a story. 

The characters are wonderfully complex and (mostly) lovable and Bardugo has managed to capture the fun of a heist whilst keeping us on our toes with twists and turns.

Additionally, there is great disability representation. With the disabled characters being portrayed far beyond their disability and without disability being used as something to be 'overcome', forgotten at key moments, or inspiration porn. It just is, just as we disabled folks just are. 

10/10 a must-read for fantasy lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Violence, and Trafficking

fennish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Slavery, Trafficking, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

micaelabrody's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

 yes yes everyone who’s been telling me to read this for years was right. i had a great time. as i said on twitter. i think the show should have let kaz pull out a guys eyeball with his hands, and inej knife a guy in the balls. icon behavior 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

4.5

The plot starts slowly by introducing each character and the city of Ketterdam while establishing the relationship between the city and the Grisha universe. The story is told through the POV of five of the six crew members who carry out the rescue/heist. Although, upon rereading, I understood what might have led the author not to include Wylan's (also known as "the warranty") perspective in this first book, I believe it could have sometimes enriched the narrative. 

Once the heist begins, the story gains a better pace, with events aligning perfectly and shaping a plan whose intricacies we gradually become familiar with. Six of Crows is an exciting read, with characters we may not identify with right away but for whom we end up rooting wholeheartedly. 

Somewhere between fantasy and action, without forgetting subplots of romance, chosen family and second chances, this book definitely raises the bar for Leigh Bardugo's writing.

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 1st Read (2020): 4.00 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction and Trafficking

molliford'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

luhchan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Death, Blood, and War

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

sagerust's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

majormnkey's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.5

I had to push myself to actually finish reading this book. As an 25+ adult, this YA style just wasn’t for me anymore. Some sentences and ways of describing situations didn’t feel right (wobbly breathing, for example?). Only at the last few chapters I felt like it was finally getting up to speed. Also, as a Dutch reader, the near-Dutch names and places randomly sprinkled through made it annoying to read. It kept throwing me off pace. I won’t be reading the second book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, and Grief