Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

134 reviews

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

zoeelora's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

flordemaga's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

This book makes me feral. This book produces so much emotions in me and the twists are unexpected but reasonable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, War, Sexual assault, Rape, Death of parent, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

Minor: Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

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

gothmiku's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, Trafficking, and Death of parent

cato_mertens's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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

4.25

I loved this follow-up to Six of Crows. Although the story slowed a bit towards the last 150 pages (which isn't unusual for 500-paged-books), the book still kept me on the edge of my seat. I'll definitely be reading King of Scars next, since there was a little snippet of it in the book. 

I have to say that I think Kaz has made wonderful character develpoment throughout the duology. Also, I love Bardugo's choice to not let the relationship with Inej suddenly physically develop. This shows that Kaz' trauma (and Inej's as well) isn't something they can both just ignore. The tension between them is honestly perfection and you can see how much he cares about her, even though he's still the crookiest crook to have ever crooked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore

helpme71's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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: Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing and Xenophobia

Minor: Sexual content

emilywasbored's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence, Death, Blood, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Trafficking, Torture, Addiction, Ableism, Grief, Rape, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Racism, and Religious bigotry

abby_p's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Drug use

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

I liked this better than SoC!!

Cried towards the end (WHY LEIGH WHY)

really nice end to the duology

Exciting plot twists, Kaz is brilliant and love the dialogue as always

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gore, Grief, and Slavery

Minor: Physical abuse and Forced institutionalization