Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Sei di corvi by Leigh Bardugo

682 reviews

shadow_cat94's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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

5.0

I fell in love with this book by chapter 3. As soon as I got to the last chapter I went out and bought the duology because I couldn't wait for the next one. The author's writing is captivating, the cast of characters are wonderful and I find everyone deep and their arcs throughout the story wonderful (except Wylan - I hope he gets more in book 2). The pace in the story is always moving with the slow moments centered around character depth or plot point build-up. Truly a beautiful book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Blood, Trafficking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, and Kidnapping

If you struggle with drug use/abuse this may not be the book for you.

The plot centers around a heist that's caused by the creation of a drug that boosts the powers of magic users, but it's HIGHLY addictive. Almost one use and they're gone. And we see the effects multiple times in graphic details on occassion. . Proceed with caution if that is a trigger for you.

justamy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

lanid's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

Minor: Body horror and Gore

lapon's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

Heist ! A motley crew of teenagers with a whole lot of backstory for young people ! Romantic tension ! Seedy fictional city ! All and all a really good time.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia, and Abandonment

andlovetoowillruinus's review against another edition

4.0

(after reading Shadow and Bone) wow the Darkling is so evil
(after reading Six of Crows) the Darkling made some good points

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Genocide, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Classism

Minor: Torture

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

shootingsqs's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-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

5.0

i loved it soooooo much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Torture, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Genocide, and Kidnapping

rainy_day_and_a_book's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

5.0

Absolutely fantastic. I wish I had the option to give a higher rating. I read this book a few years ago and still whenever someone asks me for a book recommendation this is the top of my list. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Slavery, Trafficking, and Alcohol

hopeless_kitten's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I, an avid Lifetime movie watcher, am absolutely terrible at predicting plot twists and being surprised at the same variation of multiple movies. That being said, I was able to correctly predict a few plot twists of this story. It left a chalky taste in my mouth.

The world building was difficult to get into for the first 20% as I (was told that I) didn't (need) to read Shadow and Bone to get started. Maybe I made a mistake, but I powered through anyways.

The multiple POV thing was a bit jarring for me to get used to as it was 2+ POVs. The mid chapter flashbacks didn't help either.

The heist buildup was slow, but fun when it got to that part. Don't think I'm going to be reading the sequel though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and Trafficking

anna_stazija's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring tense fast-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? No

5.0

I absolutely love this book. I reread it fir the second time and it was still interesting. The characters and their love was so entertaining. The POVs of characters were not  as confusing except no matter how may times I read the actual heist i can not pin point the location or anything for that fact. But I loved the book. The whole vibe the characters, however i usually forget that these are kids my age.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol