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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

782 reviews

kuroshiro_35's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, War, Torture, Murder, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

datgirllani's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

A good read. Slow at the start but you can tell it is to set up the plot. Kaz is so badass. Definitely reading book 2 as the cliffhanger is unbearable. “Because our crime is existing. Our crime is what we are.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Torture, Animal death, Slavery, Death of parent, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Excrement, and Genocide

sierraclimbs's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I really enjoyed this book. It was fast paced, intriguing & exciting to read. It felt similar to Pirates of the Caribbean, a crew of unlikely companions lead by an unlikely (but capable) leader. 

Each character is flawed but in a very human way. You come to love every one of them & all their flaws. 

The twists & turns keep you on your toes.  Somehow they don’t feel impossible despite how unbelievable they are. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

jess_always_reading's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

5.0

An absolutely awesome read! After years of grad school readings then a year of non-fiction, this book brought back that feeling of wanting to devour a story. 

The characters are wonderfully complex and (mostly) lovable and Bardugo has managed to capture the fun of a heist whilst keeping us on our toes with twists and turns.

Additionally, there is great disability representation. With the disabled characters being portrayed far beyond their disability and without disability being used as something to be 'overcome', forgotten at key moments, or inspiration porn. It just is, just as we disabled folks just are. 

10/10 a must-read for fantasy lovers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Torture

Moderate: Trafficking, Violence, and Addiction

fennish's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, and Trafficking

madalina0_0's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Drug use, Bullying, Trafficking, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Blood, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Murder

micaelabrody's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

 yes yes everyone who’s been telling me to read this for years was right. i had a great time. as i said on twitter. i think the show should have let kaz pull out a guys eyeball with his hands, and inej knife a guy in the balls. icon behavior 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore

filipacmiranda's review against another edition

4.5

The plot starts slowly by introducing each character and the city of Ketterdam while establishing the relationship between the city and the Grisha universe. The story is told through the POV of five of the six crew members who carry out the rescue/heist. Although, upon rereading, I understood what might have led the author not to include Wylan's (also known as "the warranty") perspective in this first book, I believe it could have sometimes enriched the narrative. 

Once the heist begins, the story gains a better pace, with events aligning perfectly and shaping a plan whose intricacies we gradually become familiar with. Six of Crows is an exciting read, with characters we may not identify with right away but for whom we end up rooting wholeheartedly. 

Somewhere between fantasy and action, without forgetting subplots of romance, chosen family and second chances, this book definitely raises the bar for Leigh Bardugo's writing.

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 1st Read (2020): 4.00 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Addiction and Trafficking

molliford's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

luhchan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: War, Blood, and Death