Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

146 reviews

ewwniamh's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

six of crows book three when 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mali33102's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

WHY LEIGH BARDUGO? WHY? I am so heartbroken by this conclusion to the duology. I found myself way more engrossed in this plot than that of Shadow and Bone. This book in particular was great because there was constantly new jobs being done

that all came together in the end in one magnificent explosion of chaos. Also, Matthias' death is something I will never get over. I literally cried during reading as well as later when I thought about it again. That was devastating and cruel ugh.

I am excited to continue on with King of Scars, and I hope it becomes a sort of culmination of all of the questions I've been left with thus far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gore

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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, Gore, and Blood

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: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

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: Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Blood

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

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