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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

36 reviews

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

isabellecate49's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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 great! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Slavery

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Mental illness

gummyfrog's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Slavery

knifewifestan'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexism, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse

rorikae's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.25

‘Crooked Kingdom’ by Leigh Bardugo is the conclusion to the Six of Crows duology. Since so much of this book’s plot hinges upon the first book, I won’t give a summary. What I can say is that it follows the Crows as they deal with issues close to home and finish the journey that was started in the first book. 
Bardugo does a great job of creating an intricate weaving plot. So many parts of this story felt like they could be climaxes and yet they each built off of the other until we came to the actual peak of the plot. As with the first book, the characters are what shine. In this book, we get a more nuanced look at their backstories than we did in the first book and that fleshes them out in a way that felt satisfying. This was a truly great conclusion to this duology and a great return to the Grishaverse. It leaves the story open enough that these characters could return in other books while still tying together the story at the heart of the duology. I can’t wait to see how this is translated to the screen in the Shadow and Bone television series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

hotellefleurs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

So so so so good. Incredibly sad ending but also happy? Like sad and then happy. It was complex. I can not decide if I liked it more than soc. It was just so good.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Murder