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Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo

222 reviews

britwalsh16's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I loved this book! Kaz & Inej’s complicated feelings for eachother are just so relatable! And Jan Van Eck is just a perfect villain! You have to hate him, and how he can treat his son that way makes me want revenge on him too. This book just keeps you invested in the characters stories, and their want for revenge and payback, and you just spend the whole book waiting to see how they get it!

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but I can’t believe they killed Matthias!!! Matthias & Nina we’re my favorite! Enemies to lovers, and their hopes to make the world a better place like Nina did with Matthias! I can’t believe they didn’t get their happy ending!!! No one was supposed to die! 😭

 
No Mourners, No Funerals. 🖤🖤🖤

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery, Stalking, Trafficking, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Addiction

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

bellaguiliano'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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Addiction, and Blood

poodily'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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Addiction, and Slavery

Minor: Xenophobia and Trafficking

riverlasol's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

OH MY GOD. I have no way to actually say this other than I am wrecked. I’ve never sobbed over a book…until today. I’ve cried but never SOBBED like I did for this ending. I took my time with this duology despite how addictive it is (mostly cuz school ugh) but that also meant I really got the sit with these characters and at this point, they just mean so much to me. I loved how sharp this book was, how witty and clever, the moments of levity were perfectly placed and the moments of sadness, of human desperation, of human love, they were all so powerful. I know this is a popular book and that it isn’t perfect (i.e. some of the ways disability was repped, but it’s hard to get that perfect and from what I know of disability theory it does a pretty good job) but it really is one of my favorite things I have read and it was a little life changing. So yeah I’d recommend…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Violence

Moderate: Ableism and Mental illness

Minor: Slavery, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Trafficking, War, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, and Drug abuse

michaelat21's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

I really liked this book it had so much action and adventure while also balancing having in depth characters with deep character development. This book balanced so well and I found I was often on the edge of my seat and wanting to keep reading. This book also intertwined the shadow and bone series more than the last which I liked a lot. You truly never know what is going to happen next, even if you think you do. Well crafted and beautifully written. If you thought the characters had gumption and you loved them in the last book; just wait! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Sexual violence, Addiction, Gore, Rape, Violence, Drug use, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

fronk10's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? Yes

4.0

A really good sequel, the cast of characters still wonderfully intelligent and devious. Just a TAD too jumpy in plot for me, a lot of twists to the schemes that (though they came together wonderfully) were a little too short. Still an excellent book though, and would highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Death

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

10/10. I loved this book so much. Definitely my favorite Leigh Bardugo book that I've read so far. I laughed, I cried (especially at the end), and I gasped. I love found family books, especially fantasy ones so this was definitely up my alley. Since I'm such an avid reader, I don't usually get surprised by plot points but I loved that with this book, I never knew where it was going next. Wylan, Jesper, Nina, Matthias, Kaz, and Inej will have my heart forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

smallplant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

5.0

Es ist so ein auf und ab zwischen "Ja mach mach mach" und "Wtf du bist so jung, bitte niiiicht, bah"
Die Charaktere sind ja viel zu gut und loveable alle! amazing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Addiction, Torture, and Sexual harassment

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infjkiki's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Trafficking, Gore, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

Minor: Addiction and Classism

dkaps's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, War, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Slavery, and Torture