Reviews tagging 'War'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

59 reviews

lee8's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective 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

I didn’t think it could get better than six of crows but it did. This is easily one of my favorite books in the grishaverse. The writing is insane (in a good way) and I grew to enjoy the characters even more as I kept reading. I don’t think I can put into words how much I love the characters and how good Bardugo is at world building. It felt so real and I was definitely satisfied with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking, War, and Slavery

troisha's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Ableism, Trafficking, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, War, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Death of parent

hannahwhiteyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Racism, Vomit, and War

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Slavery, Trafficking, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

theirgracegrace's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, and Chronic illness

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, War, Slavery, Colonisation, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Xenophobia

burnthewitch's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, War, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Trafficking

safety_pin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, War, Slavery, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Police brutality

nidhzinwonderland's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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: Blood, Death, Drug use, Murder, Violence, and War

alexxm13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense 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

  i am speechless, i am emotional. wtf amazing incredible i am shocked, the ending was so satisfying to see pekka be scared so much that he has to constantly move homes with his fear of the crows getting him, with inej about to stab him with the help of kaz unlocking the lock to his bedroom window a power duo!! kaz holding inej’s hand WITHOUT GLOVES…YES I AM CRYING FUCK. also jan van eck can suck it in prison that’s what u deserve for planning to kill the cutest boy wylan, thankfully jesper is there to defend him and read to wylan which is so cute. also jesper’s dad mr colm fahey i love you. now the pain…matthias…u are alive idc u are alive and u did not die to a fjerdan child saying that u are wrong because u realised it’s okay to love a grisha and to not fear them, the character development i’m looking at u leigh that was incredible and how much u wanted to destroy me, chapter 40-43 u gave me so much pain i couldn’t read the words even with my glasses on as my eyes were just filled with tears. the way the last words matthias was to nina and to find peace with the fjerdans and grisha and how they can change to be like him let me sit here and scream, “i have been made to protect you. even in death, i will find a way.” ALSO matthias’s last line saying he is already home in ketterdam with grisha’s surrounding him IS SO POWERFUL BYE. and u telling me the first and last chapter of matthias was about dreaming of nina. u can’t do that to me. nina deserved to be happy instead she was served with a dead matthias which is sad that her power is bringing the dead back to help her fight but can’t save matthias…yes pain. leigh really said let’s give alex pain and kill a crow within the last chapters cause why not but to hurt me and nina. 5 stars, i love i don’t know compared to soc as they are both top tier books especially fantasy top tier that this duology shouldn’t even complete with other fantasy books out there, leigh u win with the crows and their money, also money… kaz buying inej a ship that says wraith on it and then have a showcase on the ship with inej seeing her parents after so many years and FUCK I LOVE KAZ. jesper living with wylan and colm being the wholesome dad he is letting jes live with wylan and can visit the farm and accept being a grisha which hello is awesome with that bullet scene to kuwei (who surprise was happy enough to kiss jes and wylan being a jelly mess) anyways clapping for leigh and her amazing work on this duology that s&b can’t compare thank you, no waiting for s2 of the show :)))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Violence, and War