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4.6 AVERAGE
4.6 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Yes
The problems with the first book (which was mostly just Matthias related) were all fixed in Crooked Kingdom! Matthias was a well rounded, interesting character with a personality in this one. His relationship with Nina made more sense and wasn't borderline emotionally abusive like in Six of Crows. (Note: they were borderline emotionally abusive to each other - it was bad both ways. I'm not pinning everything on him.)
We got chapters from Wylan's perspective, which was great! And we delved into everyone's backstories. Character wise, Crooked Kingdom was fantastic. Absolutely spot-on and delightful.
My main issue was Bardugo's suspension of information. While it worked in Six of Crows because at any given time Kaz, and only Kaz, knew what was going on, it felt like a parlor trick in Crooked Kingdom because it was the characters who were withholding information they knew from the narrative. While I understand it was to increase suspense and make chapter endings make you bite your nails to the quick, it felt off since readers were so far in the heads of the characters.
Overall, Crooked Kingdom was as fun and fast paced as Six of Crows. If you liked the first book, you'll like the second. Enjoy it and don't get hung up on the writing tricks like I did - I'm mostly being nitpicky here.
We got chapters from Wylan's perspective, which was great! And we delved into everyone's backstories. Character wise, Crooked Kingdom was fantastic. Absolutely spot-on and delightful.
My main issue was Bardugo's suspension of information. While it worked in Six of Crows because at any given time Kaz, and only Kaz, knew what was going on, it felt like a parlor trick in Crooked Kingdom because it was the characters who were withholding information they knew from the narrative. While I understand it was to increase suspense and make chapter endings make you bite your nails to the quick, it felt off since readers were so far in the heads of the characters.
Overall, Crooked Kingdom was as fun and fast paced as Six of Crows. If you liked the first book, you'll like the second. Enjoy it and don't get hung up on the writing tricks like I did - I'm mostly being nitpicky here.
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
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
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Truly 4.5 stars. I feel like at times especially at the beginning I was bored, but I knew every detail made sense or had a reason. I feel content with how it ended and can picture how it would continue in their lives.
great read, especially the final part where everything came together and all things that had to do with Jesper. the first one felt a lot more streamlined to me though, so I enjoyed it juuuust a bit more. I will die for all of these guys though.
More measured than the first book but still had very good twists and turns in the storyline. Writing stayed consistently good, it was a very pleasant read.
adventurous
dark
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes