Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

62 reviews

seren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Trafficking, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

laneys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, and Cursing

tanisha_112'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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Cursing

glen3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Classism

wellreadjill_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

bentobookdragon11's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

*kissing*

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

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

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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danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Mental illness, Trafficking, and Abandonment

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Torture

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death of parent, and Alcohol

liz_16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

this book was pure rollicking, adventurous fun, filled w/ memorable & multidimensional characters and--perhaps my fav thing abt it--crackling & witty dialogue. it's also tightly and smartly plotted--just like kaz handling a deck of cards himself--and i was often amazed at the ingenuity of it all.

i do wish crooked kingdom was at least a lil shorter, however. currently it's jam packed w/ too much stuff, and some of it wasnt all that necessary. im still hung on why the grisha rescue had to happen literally the same night as the sugar silos plan; it overly complicated things.

and while i rly like all the main characters, nina was a lil annoying and i wish she talked abt sth other than food. [redacted]'s death also wasnt as impactful and emotional as i thought it'd be; it kinda happened outta nowhere but maybe that was the point? idk tbh but this book is fun and adventurous and maybe peak YA. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Rape, Trafficking, and Murder