Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Hämärän valtakunta by Leigh Bardugo

16 reviews

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Even better than the first book! I absolutely loved this book and I’m really hoping there’s a third one. I feel like it ended on a really good note but I’m gonna miss not reading about the crows if there isn’t another book. I love how this book dived more into the characters thoughts and their relationships with eachother, it made me feel even closer to them and felt like I was watching these events right in front of me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Abandonment, and Alcohol

alaskayoung1734's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-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

4.5

This was such a good book! Really felt like I knew all the characters and was totally immersed in the world.

Matthias did not deserve to die as he did and I cried when he was shot :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

oliverreeds's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

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, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Slavery

vici24kl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Grief, and Death of parent

goblingirlreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

So for the majority of the book, this was a a solid 4-star read for me. The plot and the pacing was not as engaging as the previous book but the characters were just as lovable and I ate up their backstories like I was starved. Then, THE ENDING HAPPENED. and it was so impeccably done and it ended the duology in such a satisfying -though not perfectly happy way - and it earned back half of star for how incredible the ending was. Overall, I liked the first book more but I think this book still rocks, making this a great duology.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture and Dementia

Minor: Genocide