Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

44 reviews

soph22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lindseysquire's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Racism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Alcohol

A lot of the content warnings occur in flashbacks to the characters’ childhoods, so most of the violence and abuse is happening to children under the age of 15. Please keep that in mind before reading it. It’s an amazing book, but it could be very triggering.

archivofrances's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Classism

booksanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense

• 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

I literally just write 2 paragraphs worth of a review and accidentally deleted all of it….:(. Excuse me if this feels less exclusive. Anyway onto the review.
First of all, it took me 3 separate tries and 2 years to get into the book, before I finished it fully, and I am so glad that I did! Following along the journey of these 6 great characters made me so happy, sad, proud, mad, betrayed, empowered, lost, found, amazed, horrified, appalled, terrified, resentful and hopeful. I really liked the way the characters were written with each unique set of skills, quirks, and setbacks. I loved experiencing each characters story(poor Kaz, that was rough) and following their quest(or should I say heist :) ). 
The plot was intriguing and sometimes predictable and sometimes breath-takingly surprising. It was the perfect mix of both. I really loved the mission our characters were on and it kept me interested all the way through. I also loved the representation this book offered(people with disabilities, trauma, mental health problems, gambling addiction, more trauma, abuse, POC, PTSD, and maybe LGBTQ kinda, maybe?). It was a beautiful story and will definitely read the next book in the series.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aimeekelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Blood

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Xenophobia and Trafficking

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

eye trauma

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

diedaahh's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I was kinda worried that with me not having any prior knowledge of the Grishaverse it was going to be hard for me to understand everything. Luckily this wasn't the case!

Where do I even start with this book? I mean, it's 5 stars for a reason!
The setting being based on 1800s Amsterdam was a fun bonus to read as a dutchie along with all the dutch names and phrases that were incorporated into the story.  The story is very dark. The crows all have their own kind of traumas despite being barely adults. Luckily, there are still plenty of lighthearted and even funny moments to offset the misery. The banter between the characters was a joy to read and the entire heist on the ice court had me on the edge of my seat until the very end. Now excuse me while I'll go recommend this book to everyone with a heartbeat.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Blood and Trafficking

joannmv's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Trafficking

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail