Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

King of Scars, by Leigh Bardugo

25 reviews

prettynerdy3's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Trafficking, Violence, War, and Child death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Violence, Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Slavery, and War

infjkiki's review

dark emotional sad tense 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Injury/injury detail, Death, Murder, Sexual violence, Confinement, Blood, Violence, Gore, Trafficking, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Rape

maddiebo97's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

UGH i loved it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: War, Violence, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Vomit, Sexism, Miscarriage, and Grief

marine2907's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Animal cruelty, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Drug abuse, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/injury detail, Trafficking, and Violence

chloenrogers's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first book in the Grishaverse that I haven’t been totally in love with. The plot felt somehow crowded and slow and the same time and could have benefitted from having Nina’s story in a separate novel. I’m not totally sure what it is about this instalment but it just never clicked with me, even though it features some of my favourite characters. I’m so used to feeling high stakes from the Grishaverse but this, unfortunately, fell flat. I feel like so much happened, yet the characters remained essentially the same as at the start as we got very little time with any of them beyond surface level observations. There was also next to no romance (or there is but there’s little chemistry compared to the other books)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Slavery, Addiction, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Child death

jelliestars's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, Violence, and Addiction

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, War, Trafficking, Slavery, Sexism, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Misogyny, and Miscarriage

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Body shaming, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Vomit

siennakt30's review

adventurous challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Trafficking, Sexism, Classism, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

lethukhanyile's review

adventurous funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Addiction, Miscarriage, and Trafficking

meg_'s review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.25

Overall I enjoyed this book and just really love anything within the Grishaverse. I will say, I was not expecting the plot to take the turn it did because I honestly was expecting the main focus of the book to be Nikolai navigating the political dynamics within his invitation to his neighboring countries to Ravka while keeping his infliction a secret, but when he and Zoya disappeared into the fold, it became less interesting to me. The whole plot point with the saints was just not something I enjoyed personally, but it ended in such a way that kept me interested and intrigued. Also I am super invested in Nina's plot line and the twist that occurred closer to the end of the book regarding who she encounters. 

The thing I loved most about this book was the characters and their development, which is honestly what I love about Leigh Bardugo's writing and the Grishaverse as a whole. After reading this story I am absolutely obsessed with Zoya as a character. She is such a powerful female character who does not apologize for taking up space or occupying her positions of power and simultaneously does not shy away from her femininity which I love. She is also full of female rage which is relatable and endears her to me even more. Beyond that, I found her storyline and her process of managing her grief throughout this story was so well done. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

jessy_caca's review against another edition

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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual violence