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aliyachaudhry's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Racism, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Blood, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Gore, Child death, Sexual violence, Drug use, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Genocide
Moderate: Torture, Sexism, Addiction, Death of parent, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Rape
Minor: Ableism
gabs_loc's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Blood, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Slavery and Xenophobia
soph22's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Trafficking, Child death, Slavery, Body horror, Classism, Death, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Ableism, Gore, Abandonment, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization
honeyreads1066's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The hype was absolutely worth it. I think my favourite part of the book was the characters, immediately I found our whole crew extremely loveable and only wanted them to succeed from the get-go. They were all so human and had flaws and just felt so real I had extremely strong emotions for all of them.
Let me just say, usually I'm not keen on romance, especially in a YA book but the relationships and growth, especially between Matthias and Nina, were insane (maybe I'm biased because I love the two of them so much).
The plot as well I love reading about heists, I mean I'm a suckered for the genre in general but I've never seen it done like this. When they said impossible heist with many, MANY twists this was not what I was expecting and I was DELIGHTER.
So yeah maybe my opinion will change when I have processed but right now I'm in love. I will be starting the second one right now and I hope I EAT IT UP like I did the first.
Graphic: Addiction
Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Torture
green_amaryllis's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse and Murder
Minor: Torture and Vomit
lindseysquire's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Child abuse, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cursing
Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, War, Child death, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcohol
A lot of the content warnings occur in flashbacks to the characters’ childhoods, so most of the violence and abuse is happening to children under the age of 15. Please keep that in mind before reading it. It’s an amazing book, but it could be very triggering.nannahnannah's review against another edition
4.0
Simply put, this book's plot is an elaborate heist. Six misfits bound together by strange attractions/debts/common goals/etc. have to enter the most tightly-guarded palace in the world and free the creator of a dangerous drug. The drug can amplify a Grisha's (basically a type of witch/sorcerer) power to a scary degree, but it also leaves them addicted until the drug kills them.
The six incredible misfits are as follows: Kaz Brekker, leader of the criminal gang, the Dregs, and full of tragic backstory; Inej Ghafa the Wraith, a former (forced) prostitute now part of the Dregs to be their "spider", a gatherer of information; Jesper, a (bisexual? :) ) member of the Dregs addicted to gambling, over his head in debt with a specialty in sharpshooting; Nina Zenik, a Grisha in prostitution who has a loaded past with Matthias; Matthias Helvar, a former Drüskelle, Grisha-hunter, from the very ice palace the six are going to break into; and finally Wylan Van Eck, the (also bisexual?) son of the man commissioning them to do this foolish job for a whole ton of money.
The biggest difference between Six of Crows and The Grisha Trilogy is that the world in this book seems bigger, vaster, and definitely better-realized. In Shadow and Bone, the world felt like a cheap imitation of Russia, like something you'd buy in a tourist shop (or many tourist shops). Here, I understand that this world is like a parallel universe, where cultures mirror our own, but with slight differences. Matthias's culture resembles the Scandinavian peninsula (as far as I know), Ravka (where Nina the Grisha) comes from resembles Russia, of course, etc.
On its own, without comparing it to what I've read from Leigh Bardugo before, Six of Crows stands strongly on its own. The characters are vibrant, (quite dark), interesting, and very well-rounded. They are wonderfully diverse, having different ethnicities, races, religions, sexualities, and Kaz - the leader of them all - has a disability. Being disabled myself, I've never felt more happy to read about an interesting disabled character like this, written by a disabled character.
Yeah, I'm surprised I liked this so much. I'll be reading on.
Moderate: Drug abuse and Slavery
also: human traffickingjonsnowsmanbun's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Xenophobia, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Trafficking, and Confinement
al4ssandra's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Death, Hate crime, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Moderate: Torture, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Vomit
mayicka11's review against another edition
- 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
I found it a little bit pretentious at first, but I got over it in the first twenty pages (maybe it was just Kaz's introduction. And well. He is a pretentious motherfucker.)
Both the plot and characters stand out to me, the plot was gripping, fast faced but fluid. It's one of my fave tropes, too (delinquents and heists). While our characters do incredible things, it doesn't read as too much, or make you roll your eyes. The characters are charming and well rounded, the relationships between them feel natural and the dynamics suck you in.
Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Drug abuse, Classism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Physical abuse, Murder, and Blood
Minor: Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Rape, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Slavery, and Sexism