Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

119 reviews

spookfish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

anathoresh's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

confusedmuse's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Finished 5 minutes after midnight. Damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Slavery

aerietta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There is a lot of the darker side of the human experience covered in this book, and it can be gruesome at times.

It also tells stories of overcoming that violence and trauma without diminishing the fact that damage has been done and is not wiped away forever in a state of "having recovered".

I loved the well-written and very subtle foreshadowing carefully laced throughout the story with tremendous pay-off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Vomit, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking are very prominent aspects of the society the story takes place in.

Several characters face their abusers and are at times unable to keep themselves safe from them.

humanmosquito's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

Bardugo's calling seems to be as a screenwriter, not an author, dolling out MCU-worthy quips every page to distract from the repetitive plot beats. The book very quickly begins to feel stale, going in a loop of "oh no we're doomed!-yay, it worked out fine!-oh no! we're doomed!-Kaz fixed it, it's alright!" well past the 400 page mark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, and Kidnapping

aviery's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

5aru's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.5

The short version of this review is "it was okay".

I suppose I expected something else. I heard this book raved about everywhere I went; it's among the top recommendations for fantasy in nearly every site I visited, and I've had it recommended directly to me more times than I can count. And so I suppose I was... 'disappointed' is much too strong a word. Underwhelmed. Underwhelmed will do.

I don't know what I did expect; I know it was more than this actually was. Don't get me wrong, the book is good. It is extremely entertaining and not badly written at all; the heist is exciting and the protagonists fun to read. So what was missing? I don't know; it might have been many things. I kept wishing the characters were older all the time. Seventeen is simply too young for some things not to break my immersion; I kept imagining them older, early twenties at least. I also kept wishing I couldn't tell exactly where each thing was going when it came to their relationships and interactions. Predictability isn't necessarily bad, but I feel like, in this case, it drew me out of the story. I feel like I got through it without caring what happened about any of the characters, at all. And it's not that they're underdeveloped or badly written, because they aren't, at all. guess I just... couldn't quite get into it.

Maybe it was simply not meant for me, and that's all right! Don't let that deter you from giving it a chance. I still enjoyed the read, and finished it in only a couple of days; I'll probably read the second one, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, and Slavery