Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Das Lied der Krähen by Leigh Bardugo

227 reviews

emilo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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 MY BELOVED 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking, Murder, Grief, Child death, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Child abuse

itsmemiana's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

another Leigh slay (that rhymes for a reason).

this book was so cool.

found family is probably my favourite trope, and the execution in this one was *chefs kiss*

I loved all the characters so it is a little bit hard to choose favourites but I think my favourite is Nina 🤭 she's just so cool.
I also adore the enemies to lovers part of Nina and Mathias... absolute perfection. (he was added to my book boyfriends ofc)

all the characters are freaking amazing and they are my babies fr.

the first like 50 pages are a little bit slower than the rest of the book and it's definitely a bit confusing (although it helps if you read shadow and bone before this). but it definitely picks up after that. and it's written in third person even with a bunch of different povs but I did get used to it. but I do think it would be better in first person with this amount of povs (I hope this makes sense). but again, I got used to it and the plot became too good for me to even care about it.

I'm just absolutely obsessed with this and I can't wait to read the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Confinement, Death of parent, and Trafficking

oceana_bookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really liked the plot of the book and did not expect the ending to be so questioning! Overall I really think this fits in with the Grishaverse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Body horror, Cursing, Kidnapping, Slavery, and Alcohol

sxndaze's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

It’s wild ride that really makes me wonder how I read it in the first place. I love it so much and the characters to. I’m really looking forward to season 2 of shadow and bone because I can’t wait to see them all on screen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual assault

olivia_v's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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 back of the book describes it as ‘Ocean’s Eleven set in a Game of Thrones-esque world’, and it is exactly that. 

So many twists and turns, so many clever plot points, endless times when you think it’s all going to come crashing down and then suddenly the plan has been there all along and it all clicks in to place. 

Can’t wait to read the second book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Animal death, Classism, Drug use, Confinement, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Trafficking

sam_wal's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Child death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, War, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Slavery, Grief, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

babsi_222's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• 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? Yes

4.75

Oh my god I finally read this book and I love that so much I gave it 4.75 stars because of the very confusing world building. After a while, I started figuring out how everything works or at least that it doesn’t matter that much and I don’t have to remember every single name, but in the beginning was quite something. 
I am in love with every main character, especially Inej and well every crow and I love the little romance going on. If you know you know, I never like Matthias, though, I never did. Nina can do so much better!!
I love the ice court heist!! It was so interesting and funny, but I have no idea how to imagine that and that’s why started watching the show Shadow and bone. But I’m honestly so disappointed because first of all I didn’t like the shadow and bone triology, and the show is mainly about that, and I only love the the crows. Also, the show was not like any of the books and that make me really mad. I just wanna watch the heist not some other random mission. Anyways I need to read a different genre now, but I’ll come back for Crooked kingdom!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, Murder, Colonisation, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Slavery, Blood, Classism, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Chronic illness

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Death, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Blood, Abandonment, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Classism, Trafficking, and Confinement

Minor: Torture

infjkiki's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Animal death, Gun violence, Slavery, Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Gore, Trafficking, Blood, and Genocide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Excrement, Grief, Misogyny, Child death, Cultural appropriation, Death of parent, Abandonment, Ableism, Alcohol, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, and Panic attacks/disorders

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

10/10. All of the characters are so unique and compelling. I liked this book ten times better than Shadow and Bone. I am usually not into heist books or mystery novels but heist + fantasy + found family + a little bit of heartwrenching romance? Definitely my jam. I love that the book has alternating point of views between the characters but still in third person. Also, the book was able to surprise me at every turn which is not my experience with most books.

I only have two critiques: I wish all the characters were just a few years older. To me, especially the romances would be more compelling but the characters would also be more developed. Also, I think that the beginning of the book was a bit muddled and seemed to have too much all at once for introducing a new setting/social scene. Even though I read Shadow and Bone, I was still confused and disoriented about introducing how everything works in Ketterdam, especially since the characters are already established there instead of learning along with the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Death, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Child death, Drug use, Hate crime, Alcohol, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Sexism