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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

94 reviews

green_amaryllis's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse and Murder

Minor: Torture and Vomit

mallorypen's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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

Fast-paced? Check. Heist and schemes? Check. Forbidden romance? Check. Scrappy, morally-gray heroes? Check. Quiet Longing™️? Check. Cliff-hanger ending that made me want to immediately pick up the next book in the duology? Check check check!

I love the universe Leigh Bardugo has created with these novels, and I think I enjoyed this even more now as a reread, and now that I’ve seen the show. The backstory of the different  countries, the Grisha, the socioeconomic makeup of the Barrel all feel very lived-in and familiar, without the author having to do tons of exposition and history. Even the character backstories are delivered in a bit-by-bit way that feels like how you may learn more about friends and coworkers, simply by spending more time with them through the course of your relationship.

I also appreciate that the character motivations for every person feel 100% believable - it’s tough to write morally-gray heroes in a way that still makes me root for them, but learning their histories made their actions feel rooted in twisted logic/emotion.

The only thing that kind of gives me pause is the different countries are definitely based off of real-world countries and real-world cultures. That said, though, even these potential caricatures feel deep and three dimensional, rather than using stereotypes to populate a fantasy world. It does walk the line, though, and it did sometimes take me out of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Vomit

Moderate: Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, War, and Animal death

Minor: Sexual violence

al4ssandra's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense 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

The best book i've ever read

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Content Warnings

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

hopesandfears's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

I’ve been wanting to read SoC for a long time, and it did not disappoint. I get the hype now. Immersive world building, complex diverse characters and a twist filled plot. 

(and shout out Kaz Brekker as disabled rep who beats people with his walking stick, a disabled icon)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Blood

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Sexual assault, and Vomit

avsdhpn's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Abandonment, Body horror, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Minor: Vomit, Xenophobia, Trafficking, and Suicidal thoughts

mothica's review

adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Slavery, Death, Gore, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Vomit, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Racism, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Child death

alexandrabelze's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Confinement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Cursing, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment and Alcohol

zoecrepp's review

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Vomit

Trigger warnings: The story of a character’s forced sex work as a child is referred to many times throughout the story. Another character is also threatened with being r*ped while she is being held as a prisoner on a ship.

relin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Ableism, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Medical content, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Medical trauma, Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Confinement, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, and Cursing

Moderate: Xenophobia and Trafficking

Minor: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Vomit

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monbeam's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Trafficking

Minor: Violence, Genocide, Vomit, Slavery, Body horror, and Hate crime