Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Kraai & koninkrijk by Leigh Bardugo

32 reviews

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Crooked Kingdom is overrated.

While Six of Crows was exciting and had a definite purpose, Crooked Kingdom centered around cleaning up the mess from the previous book and getting out of town. It was slow and almost introspective for each character. Those who fell in love with the characters of Six of Crows and want more from them will enjoy it - those who are looking for an exciting plotline will get bored. It's an underwhelming story with the same excellent depth of world and character-building.

I wonder if I'd reread this one, even though I would reread Six of Crows. I expected more after the intricate plotting of the first book and felt let down by Leigh Bardugo. My thoughts will not reflect everyone's experience, but no matter what other readers say, it was my experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Violence, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Torture

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, and Medical content

Crooked Kingdom includes POV BIPOC, LGBTQIAP+, and intersectional characters. One character struggles with withdrawals from drug use, including attempted manipulation and verbal assault. There is mention of a plague. One character walks a line between buildings. The descriptions of this may trigger those with a fear of heights.

deadgirlwalking23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, War, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Addiction, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture, Death of parent, Rape, and Sexual assault

siglerbooknook's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Murder, Kidnapping, Drug use, Death, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Addiction, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, and Medical content

nisha_27'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Cursing

voxelbee'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Gore

Minor: Vomit, War, Ableism, Abandonment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Mental illness, and Medical content

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

The relationships in this book are so well done, the dramatic tension is so high and the last section had me in tears! I was rooting for everyone and was still surprised when everything came together the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Outing, Blood, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual violence

For one of the final scenes there is shooting into a crowd

but it is one shot done by a person who will only hit one intended target for the heist to go off

. There is also a plague,

though it is also manufactured and doesn't harm people, but causes most of the city to go into confinement

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arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-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

Even better than the first book! I absolutely loved this book and I’m really hoping there’s a third one. I feel like it ended on a really good note but I’m gonna miss not reading about the crows if there isn’t another book. I love how this book dived more into the characters thoughts and their relationships with eachother, it made me feel even closer to them and felt like I was watching these events right in front of me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Drug use

thesecretsapphic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gore, Slavery, Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Addiction

Moderate: Ableism

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny sad 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Chronic illness, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Violence

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Cursing, Grief, Blood, Death, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Medical content