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mangohearts 's review for:
Crooked Kingdom
by Leigh Bardugo
i’m speechless.
i just gave this five stars, so it’s good.
gorgeously written and well-plotted, this duology absolutely stole my heart. everything here was so well done, from the heists to the fights to the love stories. everything was so believable and soft and full of rage.
and i don’t even like fantasy.
gonna be obsessed with this on pinterest now <3
again, i’m going to say that i recommend this really only for ages 16-17+, because it’s good — undeniably good — but so dark. inej’s memories of sexual violence in particular are fairly graphic. i didn’t read these until i was 16, and im grateful - the things that you read, especially when you’re young, have the power to alter your worldview and even do psychological damage, and i think that this would’ve traumatized me as a child.
12/10 stars
content:
language: one use of the f word, a couple of sh*t and b**ch. infrequent pg language as well.
violence: fairly frequent, graphic and disturbing. corpse controlling, bloody smackdowns (kaz is good with that cane), disturbing imagery and threats, you get the picture.
sex: kissing/touching (between two het couples and one and a half queer couples.) three canonically gay characters. inej was a prostitute (technically csa), so her flashbacks and memories are brief but highly disturbing. mild sexual references & jokes.
i just gave this five stars, so it’s good.
gorgeously written and well-plotted, this duology absolutely stole my heart. everything here was so well done, from the heists to the fights to the love stories. everything was so believable and soft and full of rage.
and i don’t even like fantasy.
gonna be obsessed with this on pinterest now <3
again, i’m going to say that i recommend this really only for ages 16-17+, because it’s good — undeniably good — but so dark. inej’s memories of sexual violence in particular are fairly graphic. i didn’t read these until i was 16, and im grateful - the things that you read, especially when you’re young, have the power to alter your worldview and even do psychological damage, and i think that this would’ve traumatized me as a child.
12/10 stars
content:
language: one use of the f word, a couple of sh*t and b**ch. infrequent pg language as well.
violence: fairly frequent, graphic and disturbing. corpse controlling, bloody smackdowns (kaz is good with that cane), disturbing imagery and threats, you get the picture.
sex: kissing/touching (between two het couples and one and a half queer couples.) three canonically gay characters. inej was a prostitute (technically csa), so her flashbacks and memories are brief but highly disturbing. mild sexual references & jokes.