Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Das Lied der Krähen by Leigh Bardugo

38 reviews

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Finished 5 minutes after midnight. Damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Trafficking, Slavery, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Medical trauma

goldengirlbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, and Violence

anika222's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

• 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

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Vomit

aerietta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There is a lot of the darker side of the human experience covered in this book, and it can be gruesome at times.

It also tells stories of overcoming that violence and trauma without diminishing the fact that damage has been done and is not wiped away forever in a state of "having recovered".

I loved the well-written and very subtle foreshadowing carefully laced throughout the story with tremendous pay-off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

Minor: Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

Slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking are very prominent aspects of the society the story takes place in.

Several characters face their abusers and are at times unable to keep themselves safe from them.

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

Here we are again because of the Shadow and Bone show, and no one is surprised. I'm actually liking the way that they are adapting these books because it works well for integrating all of the characters. Plus, it gives us more time with the Six of Crows characters, which I will never complain about.

One thing that I always really like about this duology in particular is that there are a lot of narrators, but they all have distinct voices and they don't blend together like other books with multiple narrators. Plus, Bardugo is just great at writing characters in general!
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Watching Shadow and Bone made me want to re-listen to this, so here we are! This duology is still my favorite at the moment, I just like the characters in this better than the original trilogy. I just got King of Scars, so I can't wait to continue!
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Re-listened to this because I never read the second book and I didn't remember a lot of the details from this one. Just as good. He second time, and I loved all the narrators! They brought so much to all the characters. Now, onto Crooked Kingdom!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Racism, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Confinement, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Physical abuse, Violence, Cursing, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Grief, Slavery, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexual assault

kaylamoran's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.0

This book stands up to a reread!  But like last time, I found the first half to be rather slow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Xenophobia, Violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Misogyny, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism

hannahr's review against another edition

adventurous 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

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Ableism

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, Racism, Child death, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcohol, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Addiction, Animal death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Body shaming, Drug use, Murder, Sexism, Chronic illness, Classism, and Death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Rape