Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

60 reviews

mythicsage's review against another edition

adventurous emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Animal death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Classism, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Alcohol, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Slavery

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Rape, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, War, and Xenophobia

kaycanread4's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and War

Minor: Sexual assault

memorykey2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

3.75

I like this book if only for it being a vehicle to greater things. It establishes the Grishaverse that has only served to get better as time goes on. I will say that the vibes are continually a little off if only because of how weird the Black General is around Alina. I've always had an issue with age differences and this is no exception. There are certain instances in this book that I have literally highlighted in red and blue because Aleksander should go to jail. Alina is still a minor, so ew.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Toxic relationship

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, War, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual assault

jjjjo's review against another edition

• 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: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, War, Xenophobia, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Racism, Murder, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, and Racial slurs

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Abandonment, Body horror, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Death of parent, Racism, and Xenophobia

Relationship (explicitly unhealthy/abusive) between teenager and character who appears around the same age, but is 100+.

kimmag92's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

2.75

I think I would have enjoyed Shadow and Bone much more had I read it in high school. I found much of what happens to Alina to have been very convenient.  For example, any time she gets in trouble it quickly and easily gets resolved. I also found the Darkling grooming her to be a bit uncomfortable. As well, I found many of the characters to be standard stock characters and how Botkin was written felt a bit racist.  

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

konstantina's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Fine. Make me your villain.

If you're a lifelong fantasy lover, you will thoroughly enjoy the Grishaverse. Shadow and Bone is a typical ya fantasy novel of the 2010s, but the Grisha magic system is so unique that it allows you to look past plot clichés. The villain, Darkling, is interesting, although his abusive "relationship" (if you can even call it that) with the MC is romanticised by the fandom often. 

A good start to the series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death

Minor: Alcohol

jerkysnax's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Animal death

anastasiahuffman's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, and Animal death