Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

88 reviews

themoonshoes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

4.5

the crows my babies…… kanej makes me want to pull my hair out and run into the ocean <3

also i knew matthias was getting axed and it still hurted </3

anyways a little more drawn out than the first book but it needed to seem like the crows were at the end of their rope so i get it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, Grief, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body horror, Sexual harassment, and Racism

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Xenophobia, and Sexism

definitely read these before the shadow and bone books

rohirrimgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring 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

4.75

Obsessed with these characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

espiargrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

A great sequel to Six of Crows! Though not quite as good in my opinion. The first 150 pages flew by for me, as did the last 100 or so, but the middle felt quite slow to me, with a lot of talking, and planning, and negotiating, in lieu of action. 
I also felt as though some of the character arcs weren't pulled of as well as in the first book, though Wylan was definitely more developed in this book, and I was glad to see some chapters from his POV. 
I wasn't really satisfied with the ending (though I'm very picky, and have yet to read a book with an ending that I found satisfying), and I felt that certain events were rushed, resulting in character arcs with lukewarm resolutions. 
That said, the writing and imagery were still lovely, the plot and premise were creative, and overall, this duology was a really fun adventure. I'd it to most fantasy readers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Child death, and Child abuse

Haphephobia

danicampbell0506's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Abandonment, Mental illness, and Trafficking

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, and Cursing

narayan'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Grief, Murder, and Slavery

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Even better than the first book! I absolutely loved this book and I’m really hoping there’s a third one. I feel like it ended on a really good note but I’m gonna miss not reading about the crows if there isn’t another book. I love how this book dived more into the characters thoughts and their relationships with eachother, it made me feel even closer to them and felt like I was watching these events right in front of me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Drug use

brookepower's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad 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

4.75

I really liked this book. I’ve read the first one twice and now this one. It took me a bit to get through but overall it’s a great book. I feel so attached to all the characters and their stories. Every aspect from the characters, to the plot and the world is very flushed out. The characters all have intricate backgrounds and personalities and personal motives. And even the writing. Leigh Bardugo is a spectacle. I’m in awe of how she thought through all the different plans. There were so many things I didn’t see coming. Everyone should read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Mental illness, Death, Grief, Blood, and Child death

alllowercase's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Mental illness, Violence, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Slavery and Drug use

jo_183's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Trafficking, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Child abuse, and Blood

shanelh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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: Torture, Trafficking, and Addiction

Moderate: Death, Grief, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Mental illness