Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

50 reviews

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-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 relationships in this book are so well done, the dramatic tension is so high and the last section had me in tears! I was rooting for everyone and was still surprised when everything came together the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Outing, Blood, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual violence

For one of the final scenes there is shooting into a crowd

but it is one shot done by a person who will only hit one intended target for the heist to go off

. There is also a plague,

though it is also manufactured and doesn't harm people, but causes most of the city to go into confinement

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madamenovelist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Ableism, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Trafficking, Slavery, Classism, and Death of parent

danye0914's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, and Classism

knorretje's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Classism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, and Slavery

thesecretsapphic's review

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

Moderate: Ableism

ajboyd_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Moderate: Violence, Addiction, Murder, Abandonment, Classism, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Slavery, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Religious bigotry

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

honeycuttsp's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Death

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

I enjoyed this book even more than the Six of Crows, both because of the insight into how young and fallible the characters were and to see the characters develop and grow as they went along.

I did find some of the plot-twists becoming predictable and found some of the writing tactics used to keep the reader in the dark both a little lazy and once purposely misleading which was frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Trafficking

julesadventurezone's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: Kidnapping, Violence, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Addiction, Death, Forced institutionalization, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Slavery, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Trafficking, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Slavery, Rape, Pregnancy, and Confinement