Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

Hämärän valtakunta by Leigh Bardugo

29 reviews

strawberrytheauthor's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

This book is SO GOOD! I can’t believe I didn’t read it before now! I laughed and cried and screamed and that’s all you need to know. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Ableism and Sexual content

franklloydweft's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Copied from fable:
I only give 5 stars to things that send chills down my spine and give me quotes I’ll be thinking about for a long time, and this one definitely did that. Such a fantastic conclusion for all of these characters, all of whom you grow to love over the course of the two books. I always thought I knew where things were going but I was proven wrong every time. Made me laugh, tear up a bit, and pump my fists. I even had a huge spoiler figured out from reading material about other Grishaverse novels and the reveal still hit me! Cannot recommend reading this duology enough (especially if you liked the crows in the Netflix show, they’re on a whole new level in literary form)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder

MAJOR CHARACTER DEATH

mferrall's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Xenophobia, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

tinyjude'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? It's complicated

4.5

Inej, my queen, I love you. I also feel for Nina. I loved the arcs for both of them in this book, as we got to see new sides of them. Kaz and his great schemes where also the highlight of all. I love his mind and I am happy we got a glimpse of a possible happy future in which Kaz and Inej are able to overcome their traumas. As well as how his actions scream about his love for Inej. Either way, the angst and slow burn were detectable, such as the action scenes. I get why they are so beloved. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

renewed_reader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Murder, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

arobear's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

5.0

I haven't stopped thinking about this book yet. It's going to be all I talk about for a while... Characters are immaculate, I cried multiple times for just about everyone. The struggles they go through are real and visceral, which makes the sweet moments that much sweeter. Every twist hit me like a train, but none of it felt overdone. 10/10, already started a re-read with the audiobook. Love and light to all my baby crows <3 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, and Grief

Minor: Sexual assault, Xenophobia, and Classism

nineinchnails'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? Yes

4.5

this was such a strong read and a great follow up to six of crows!! i think having a

major character death

spoiled for me years ago might have slightly ruined my reading experience since it felt like i waiting most of the book for that event to come to pass, but it's equally likely experiencing that blind could have also ruined my experience. i am not really one to nitpick with YA when

everyone lives/nobody dies

because it's too unrealistic unless it gets taken too far so if it was an adult fantasy i might have appreciated it more. that being said, it was written well and didn't feel out of place or as if it was purely for shock value - i loved this book overall, so it's a very small gripe i have with CK.

i love that the romance is a subplot but for one of the relationships specifically it did end up a little vague - that doesn't bother me since i didn't read this for the romance but just a disclaimer for anyone expecting typical romance-style HEAs for everyone! the characters did start to feel a little caricatural after a while but it didn't help that i read both books one after another whilst watching the show adaptation and i found it pretty endearing if anything. it isn't often that a series offers so much representation without giving me the impression they were written to tick off a box and i am genuinely sad it's the end of these characters (outside of nina + some cameos in KoS/RoW) for now :(

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

Post traumatic stress disorder, Loss of appetite, Starvation, and Prostitution/sex work

little_white's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Chronic illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

axel_p's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.0

I have no idea why it took me so long to read this book.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

lelekochka'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Sexual harassment