Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

52 reviews

luluslittlelibrary'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

agentsofromanov's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

I loved it. A lot 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Slavery

mensenlief's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Body horror

livthelund's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

Bit hard to get into, but once you do it is amazing.

Still crying over Matthias

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Colonisation, Death, and Emotional abuse

krows_ink's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

One of my all time favorite books. If your looking for a fantast heist book with characters that will make you swoon, cry, and laugh this is the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, and Trafficking

Minor: Mental illness

limiwh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Addiction, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, Gore, Grief, Slavery, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Ableism, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Child death, Drug abuse, Body horror, Cursing, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy

multiplyoctopi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

• 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

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, and Torture

Minor: Gun violence, Racism, Trafficking, Body horror, Child abuse, and Mental illness

citymouse's review against another edition

• 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, Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

5aru's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

I have to say I enjoyed this one a lot better than Six of Crows. The writing and the plot flow easily, though I have to admit I have a pet peeve with Bardugo's habit of inserting long-winded flashbacks at the most uncalled-for moments in a scene. They do help considerably in fleshing the characters out, but there are certain moments where the recalling of a long-winded memory comes off as a little unbelievable, or only serves to break tension.

At any rate, this one feels less young-adult-ish; as in, it breaks with the genre's clichés more strongly, and the characters feel more rounded, more independent. Overall it feels like it's better handled than its predecessor, so I'm glad I decided to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Rape

immdani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

...I’m not okay. What an INCREDIBLE book. I was so invested in these characters and their lives both together and apart. I want be Inej’s bestie, Nina’s breakfast date, Matthias’ training partner, Jesper’s shooting buddy, Wylan’s hype man, and Kaz’s anything honestly lol. I love that man, gloves and all. My only regret is that I didn’t read it sooner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Slavery, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit