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dani1034's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
danamontana's review against another edition
5.0
"When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing."
okay i'm not sure what i was on the last time i read this series, but for some reason, i thought it was just okay. like they were good, but i didn't really get the hype, and they definitely weren't my favorite books. but the second time around, omg i finally get it. SIX OF CROWS IS SO, SO GOOD. these characters, this world, leigh bardugo's writing. it's all incredible. i can't wait for the tv show holy shit
also kaz brekker is the love of my life and i would do anything for him. netflix better find the best actor to play him or else i'm ready to fight (update: AND THEY DID freddy carter i would die for u)
chloe_chartrandhoule's review against another edition
adventurous
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
gia_riddle's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
ohthatkimberley's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book from start to finish -full of antiheroes, magic, tension, and heists. I have started reading Leigh Bardugo's original Grisha Trilogy because of it, and cannot wait for the next installment to come out. It can't hurt that its cover is so Instagrammable either!
lucija0's review against another edition
5.0
4.5
★★★★✫
The only things that bothered me were that I was kind of lost in the beginning (I have read the Grisha trilogy, so it's not for that reason) and sometimes I was a bit confused about what was happening visually. What I mean by that is that my internal picture of what was happening was very unclear at times. I usually don't have such problems, but I am not a native english speaker and am kind of distracted lately, so that could be an influence.
However, I loved the characters with their depths, the relationships between them, the plot, the twists, the world. It is an amazing book and I am so glad I read it.
★★★★✫
The only things that bothered me were that I was kind of lost in the beginning (I have read the Grisha trilogy, so it's not for that reason) and sometimes I was a bit confused about what was happening visually. What I mean by that is that my internal picture of what was happening was very unclear at times. I usually don't have such problems, but I am not a native english speaker and am kind of distracted lately, so that could be an influence.
However, I loved the characters with their depths, the relationships between them, the plot, the twists, the world. It is an amazing book and I am so glad I read it.
select_snozberry's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
CAWPILE (weighted). I liked some of the characters (mainly Inej and Nina). I wanted to like Jesper but he wasn't really given much to do. I enjoyed some of the plot points; although everyone having a tragic backstory was a bit tiresome at times, they weren't drawn out so it was easy to overlook. I didn't like that all of the characters were so young, though I understand why, the plot and atmosphere would have benefited if they were a bit older. I loved the tank, though I felt that should have had more explosive consequences. Overall I enjoyed this book, and I will probably read the sequel, though I won't put it on my immediately read list.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault and Slavery
basedsandwich's review against another edition
2.0
I'm questioning whether to put 2 stars of 3 stars. 3 stars - it's not a bad book, you know? But it was just so poorly structured it makes me want to rate it 2 stars.
I don't really want to go into details what exactly I liked about the book - because it was almost nothing. I really liked two flashback scenes, and... I think that's it? Everything else was just... OK-ish. There're are not a lot of things that I particularly disliked, but here're two things that pissed me off the most:
First thing: this book was chosen to be a bestseller by the publisher, everything about this book was meant to be liked. You could feel how author and editor(s) were polishing characters and their personalities, dialogues, plot, twists through and through. So considering how much time they've put into that, I was really surprised by the poor structure that the book had:
First chapter and the last chapter. Why are those called "chapters" and not "prologue" and "epilogue"?
They feature characters that don't appear in the chapters 2-to-45 (Pekka is mentioned though, but never appears). First "Chapter" sets up the tone for this book - Jurda parem drug (which is something a "Prologue" would do), the last "Chapter" gives a hint at a sequel (which is something an "Epilogue" would do). So why they were called chapters?
POVs:
only 5 POVs, although there're six of crows. (Oh, no, wait! There're 7 POVs, bc first and last chapters are considered "chapters", and not the way they should be considered). That's just... poor? Where's is Wylan POV? I think he deserved a one. I don't understand how this book can be called "6 of Crows", "featuring six dangerous outcasts", when there're just 5 POVs. I understand the whole mystery surrounding Wylan's persona, but... with that amount of polishing that was done with other things, I think author and editor(s) could've figured something out. Really. That just seems as lazy.
POVs didn't feel like POVs at all. The point of the POV (even if it's 3rd person narration) is to talk about that character specifically, look at the world from his point-of-view. Here I felt like it was not the case at all? First 10 chapters could be easily renamed into "Kaz's POV" and not a lot would change.
And there's this moment: So, Matthias miraculously appears in Nina's chapter, starts talking with Brum. Then, first half of the Matthias's chapter he spends talking with Brum. He tries to take him out, then BAM! It jumps to the before-miraculous-appearance moment. Without any spacing between the paragraphs, without any sign telling us that it was supposed to be happening before-miraculous-appearance moment or anything. The author just randomly starts talking for 2 pages about how Matthias came to this moment. The narration just... jumped back in time. It was so confusing, but I thought, oh, OK, author talks about what happened 5-minutes-later, but then I saw that it was actually a scene that happened before talking with Brum, and was just so confusing.
I feel like there were more moments like this, but since I didn't particularly like the book, I wasn't paying much attention to it.
And the second thing: the whole "heist". The whole point of the book was this heist.
I thought the heist is going to be like this:
But it felt like something in between this:
and this:
Anyway... is it a good book? As I said, it's meant to be liked, there was a lot of work done to make the characters, plot and dialogues likable.
But I just didn't buy it. Just... meh.
I don't really want to go into details what exactly I liked about the book - because it was almost nothing. I really liked two flashback scenes, and... I think that's it? Everything else was just... OK-ish. There're are not a lot of things that I particularly disliked, but here're two things that pissed me off the most:
First thing: this book was chosen to be a bestseller by the publisher, everything about this book was meant to be liked. You could feel how author and editor(s) were polishing characters and their personalities, dialogues, plot, twists through and through. So considering how much time they've put into that, I was really surprised by the poor structure that the book had:
First chapter and the last chapter. Why are those called "chapters" and not "prologue" and "epilogue"?
They feature characters that don't appear in the chapters 2-to-45 (Pekka is mentioned though, but never appears). First "Chapter" sets up the tone for this book - Jurda parem drug (which is something a "Prologue" would do), the last "Chapter" gives a hint at a sequel (which is something an "Epilogue" would do). So why they were called chapters?
POVs:
only 5 POVs, although there're six of crows. (Oh, no, wait! There're 7 POVs, bc first and last chapters are considered "chapters", and not the way they should be considered). That's just... poor? Where's is Wylan POV? I think he deserved a one. I don't understand how this book can be called "6 of Crows", "featuring six dangerous outcasts", when there're just 5 POVs. I understand the whole mystery surrounding Wylan's persona, but... with that amount of polishing that was done with other things, I think author and editor(s) could've figured something out. Really. That just seems as lazy.
POVs didn't feel like POVs at all. The point of the POV (even if it's 3rd person narration) is to talk about that character specifically, look at the world from his point-of-view. Here I felt like it was not the case at all? First 10 chapters could be easily renamed into "Kaz's POV" and not a lot would change.
And there's this moment: So, Matthias miraculously appears in Nina's chapter, starts talking with Brum. Then, first half of the Matthias's chapter he spends talking with Brum. He tries to take him out, then BAM! It jumps to the before-miraculous-appearance moment. Without any spacing between the paragraphs, without any sign telling us that it was supposed to be happening before-miraculous-appearance moment or anything. The author just randomly starts talking for 2 pages about how Matthias came to this moment. The narration just... jumped back in time. It was so confusing, but I thought, oh, OK, author talks about what happened 5-minutes-later, but then I saw that it was actually a scene that happened before talking with Brum, and was just so confusing.
I feel like there were more moments like this, but since I didn't particularly like the book, I wasn't paying much attention to it.
And the second thing: the whole "heist". The whole point of the book was this heist.
I thought the heist is going to be like this:
But it felt like something in between this:
and this:
Anyway... is it a good book? As I said, it's meant to be liked, there was a lot of work done to make the characters, plot and dialogues likable.
But I just didn't buy it. Just... meh.
dark_matter_07's review against another edition
adventurous
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? It's complicated
5.0