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gretchenplz 's review for:
The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set
by Leigh Bardugo
I had a really hard time with this book. While the plot was compelling (I mean, who can hate a heist with a twist ending?), I had a lot of difficulty due to the ages of the characters.
It really felt like trauma porn. I had to recast the characters as adults in my brain to make it palatable. I have strong objections to reading about children who have been sold into slavery and are forced to do sex work. Then the themes of addiction (drug and gambling), PTSD, child soldiers, and bigotry on top of it all? It was a lot for me to see 15-17 year olds handling while also acting as highly trained spies/soldiers.
As it is also really unlikely that teens could pull off what they did in this book, it would have been very easy to make them all adults.
I know life is hard, etc. but it felt like trauma for the sake of trauma at times.
Idk. Will be giving the second book a try because I need to know how they save Inej. But I have a sneaking suspicion someone won’t make it to the end of book two. Because… trauma.
It really felt like trauma porn. I had to recast the characters as adults in my brain to make it palatable. I have strong objections to reading about children who have been sold into slavery and are forced to do sex work. Then the themes of addiction (drug and gambling), PTSD, child soldiers, and bigotry on top of it all? It was a lot for me to see 15-17 year olds handling while also acting as highly trained spies/soldiers.
As it is also really unlikely that teens could pull off what they did in this book, it would have been very easy to make them all adults.
I know life is hard, etc. but it felt like trauma for the sake of trauma at times.
Idk. Will be giving the second book a try because I need to know how they save Inej. But I have a sneaking suspicion someone won’t make it to the end of book two. Because… trauma.