Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

101 reviews

aino_maria23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Death of parent

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Slavery, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

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

em_of_swags's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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

[reread]not over exaggerating, this is the best book ever written

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Death of parent

cnannery19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

maihja's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

Such a fun, amazing and gripping story!! Hard to put the book down, wellll except for.....

CHAPTER 39, NOOOOOO!!!!!! OW!! Wth, Leigh bardugo!!! Matthias, my not-scandinavian-scandinavian :( crying hard in the club rn

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Gun violence and Death of parent

shannolse's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Grief, and Death of parent

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

gracelang_09's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

charles_xavier's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury