Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

163 reviews

ko2h3ckh's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

elise_ellen's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved this book!! Was kind of disturbing and hard to read at times but overall really enjoyed. 

Was SUPER emotionally distraught with the rabbit story scene…and giving 4 stars because I’m still so confused about Darlington and his partial demon self and who killed who. Unsure if this will be explained further, but at this point it is very incompletely elucidated.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

ta2dlibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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

Solid sequel with a plot twist and a cliffhanger ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

ehoustonmyatt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

brianneh's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

caelinsullivan's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction

selkiesrcool's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

joongarten's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

rotidoti'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

4.25

Not quite as good as the first book but it reads so much quicker now that you have much more context to everyone and everything.

Leigh Bardugo's writing style is so enrapturing and I had an incredibly hard time putting this red down when I needed to do productive tasks. 

I loved this story a lot!! My only complaint was that the romance aspect felt a bit out of nowhere and forced. Otherwise, brilliant all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, and Death of parent