Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Crooked Kingdom, by Leigh Bardugo

17 reviews

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

10/10. I loved this book so much. Definitely my favorite Leigh Bardugo book that I've read so far. I laughed, I cried (especially at the end), and I gasped. I love found family books, especially fantasy ones so this was definitely up my alley. Since I'm such an avid reader, I don't usually get surprised by plot points but I loved that with this book, I never knew where it was going next. Wylan, Jesper, Nina, Matthias, Kaz, and Inej will have my heart forever.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Blood, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Slavery

dkaps's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Ableism, and Addiction

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, War, Drug use, Alcohol, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Injury/injury detail, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Racism, Slavery, and Torture

ephemeral_remi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting and Child abuse

Minor: Cursing

seren'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Torture, Child abuse, Murder, Drug use, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Addiction, Cultural appropriation, Trafficking, Slavery, Racism, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Ableism

Minor: Child death and Alcohol

rohirrimgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring sad 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

4.75

Obsessed with these characters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Gaslighting, Body horror, Classism, Gore, Grief, and Kidnapping

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

The relationships in this book are so well done, the dramatic tension is so high and the last section had me in tears! I was rooting for everyone and was still surprised when everything came together the way it did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Outing, Blood, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Emotional abuse, Racism, Medical content, Cursing, Chronic illness, Alcohol, Addiction, and Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Slavery, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Trafficking, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual violence

For one of the final scenes there is shooting into a crowd

Spoiler

but it is one shot done by a person who will only hit one intended target for the heist to go off

. There is also a plague,

Spoiler

though it is also manufactured and doesn't harm people, but causes most of the city to go into confinement

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pennedpaper's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Death

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Pregnancy

monbeam'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

arys_library's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

Even better than the first book! I absolutely loved this book and I’m really hoping there’s a third one. I feel like it ended on a really good note but I’m gonna miss not reading about the crows if there isn’t another book. I love how this book dived more into the characters thoughts and their relationships with eachother, it made me feel even closer to them and felt like I was watching these events right in front of me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Genocide, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Torture

Minor: Rape, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Drug use

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/injury detail, Gun violence, Violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Racism, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Ableism, Torture, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping