Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

133 reviews

lvjysunday's review

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: Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Torture, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual assault

fierymoon's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death

watenelysh's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Murder, Drug abuse, Ableism, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

jonsnowsmanbun'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

4.5

„I don’t hold a grudge. I cradle it. I coddle it. I feed it fine cuts of meat and send it to the best schools. I nurture my grudges, Rollins.“

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Ableism and War

literallyliterature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexism, Child abuse, Rape, Torture, Classism, Death, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing

lizzyc_16's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

when i read six of crows i thought nothing could be better than it and then i read crooked kingdom

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Minor: Sexual assault, Ableism, Drug use, and Addiction

seren's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Drug use, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Trafficking, Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Ableism

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

izzygyrl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Trafficking

laneys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Addiction, Child death, and Chronic illness