Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Assedio e Tempesta by Leigh Bardugo

79 reviews

aliyachaudhry's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

elladainty3's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Gore and Blood

anielabooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Overall great book, but I still preferred the first one. It was very slow at first, but it really picked up towards the end. Honestly, I was not expecting that many character deaths. Some of those were a but out of pocket. However, I was really excited to meet many characters and grow some old ones. I particularly loved Tamar and Nikolai. Although I wasn’t particularly fond of Zoya, I still appreciated how Bardugo developed her character in this book. I’m excited for what is to come in the next book as I am still very much in love with the world and NIKOLAI LANTSOV. Additionally, I really appreciated the bonus Genya chapter because she was always one of my favorite characters from book 1.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Infidelity, Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

const_elle_ations's review against another edition

dark emotional

4.0

Rating: 4 stars

So this was actually better than the first one? Idk why, I think the plot just worked better for me. Also, Nikolai lol.

Every is IN LOVE with Nikolai and I already knew he was Sturmhond because I've read Crooked Kingdom, and boy this kid is actually so cool I think I'm a Nikolai stan too?? Idk if i'd want him to end up with Alina, but I like him as a character.

Okay but WHY does everyone ship Alina with the Darkling? The Darkling is so toxic and just...no. Alina is genuinely scared of him and why do people ship them?? unless something crazy happens in the last book ig?? Idk this series has strong phantom vibes in the sense of ships?? Like no one likes Raoul/Mal but imo they’re better than the toxic guys everyone stans for some reason?? Idk but I refuse to be a darkling stan lol I didn’t really like mal but I mean idk I don’t ship Alina with Nikolai either

Mostly I read this bc of the tv show but...i'm actually looking forward to reading the next book?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and War

ewwniamh'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

nikolai >>>>>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

jupitermond's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror

binches's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Death, Gore, Blood, and Sexual harassment

lilja_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Murder, and War

najmavojtech's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol