Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

104 reviews

mariebrunelm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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

5.0

Finally! I finally read The Book. This started with a month-long hesitation between this one and Shadow & Bone. I read Shadow & Bone in 2019, wasn't impressed, and thought I wouldn't bother with Six of Crows. Then the series was announced and tickled my fancy (LOVE that phrase). The reviews made me think perhaps I hadn't started with the right book. And they were right! I was swept into Ketterdam alongside this troop of misfits and followed hungrily their wacky adventures. As the blurb says, it's Ocean's Eleven in a fantasy world, but in addition to that it's queernormative and diverse and amazing. One thing, though, is that I decided early on that I couldn't believe these kids were 17, so in my head they're more around 25 years old. It did make me look twice when their age was mentioned, but nothing terrible. I'm so glad the ebook I bought also has Crooked Kingdom.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Murder

immdani's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Emotional abuse and Vomit

valyn_grebe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, and Death of parent

cybermathwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

tori214's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

LAHSOSJDOJSKAKD OH MY GOODNESS

I honestly don’t even know if I can put it into words the feelings this book gave me. If I had the ability to, I don’t doubt that I would’ve finished this within a few days. Sadly, though, schooling got in the way of that :(

This was the first book in so long that made we want to stay up until the early hours of the morning reading. I haven’t been so enraptured in a story in a while and this was so much fun!! I got so attached to these characters in ways I really wasn’t expecting and the amount of times my jaw dropped, I made inhuman noises, or I simply clutched at my chest because of the PAIN this book inflicted is INSANE.

I have so many other books left on my TBR but there’s a very high possibility I might force my mom to drive me to Barnes and Noble tomorrow to go pick up “Crooked Kingdom” and the entire “Shadow and Bone” trilogy.

Can’t wait for the show to come out but definitely need to read all the others before I watch it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse

emmagrace's review

adventurous dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, and Death of parent

roseamillerg's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Finished 5 minutes after midnight. Damn. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

goldengirlbookclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

aerietta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There is a lot of the darker side of the human experience covered in this book, and it can be gruesome at times.

It also tells stories of overcoming that violence and trauma without diminishing the fact that damage has been done and is not wiped away forever in a state of "having recovered".

I loved the well-written and very subtle foreshadowing carefully laced throughout the story with tremendous pay-off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Vomit, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Excrement

Slavery, prostitution, and human trafficking are very prominent aspects of the society the story takes place in.

Several characters face their abusers and are at times unable to keep themselves safe from them.

aplatt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I do not give out 5 star ratings lightly and my lord this is probably one of the best books I’ve ever had the pleasure to read. The plot on its own is gripping, thrilling, and complex. Add in the authors perfect balance of detailed descriptions and witty humor, along with some of the most riveting character I’ve ever  fallen in love with, and you have a magical story. 

I cannot recommend this book enough, I’m only sorry I’ve spent so long sleeping on it. There were moments where I felt pure disgust and dread at the fate of the wonderfully portrayed character, and other times when I felt elated and joyful at their blooming relationship, platonic and otherwise. 

This story will take you down fanatical twists and turns that you didn’t know a human brain could scheme up. I’m so obsessed, this is an absolute MUST READ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship