A review by mello_t
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

I went into this blind. I only knew it was about a heist, and I was worried it might not live up to the hype surrounding this book. Oh, I was wrong. If you're thinking about putting the book down after reading the first few chapters, don't. I know that the beginning is slow, and I was thinking about reading something else since the number of different words and names confused me, but I pushed through, and what started as 2/5 ended as 5/5.

If you like the found family trope, then you will love the dynamics between the characters. All of them are amazing, smart, funny, brave, and some a bit dumb and childish, but you will end up loving them all. They all had something unique going on, and the relationships between them were tense and amazing.

The story was slow at the beginning, and I already mentioned that, but I was genuinely confused as to why I needed to read about a guy called Joost and his moustache, but looking back at it, it was a good choice to introduce the main core of the story.