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A review by literaryfaery
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
I waited a few days before writing a review for this book because I was conflicted...I know for a fact that I did not worship it as deeply as everyone who recommended it to me/all the glowing GR reviews I read. However, I absolutely loved it.
The writing is immensely good. The world building is rich but not confusing. Characters are incredibly relatable (Nina especially so, at least for me) and wonderful. I LOVED this book, but I'll admit there were dialogue sections during which I caught myself drifting and hoping the action would pick back up. The first 200 pages were ambiguous and tricky to grasp ahold of--in the best sort of way--because Bardugo doesn't waste pages and pages explaining this world and the characters to her readers...she prefers to SHOW everything she wants you to know and I freaking love that. It was all a thrilling mystery that one was forced to be an extremely active reader and discover this information by oneself.
Don't even get me started on the characters of this book. I devoutly and resolutely ship Kaz/Inej, Nina/Matthias, and Jesper/Wylan. Apart from their engrossing relationships, they each are brilliantly developed characters on their own. But I had to GROW to love each and every one of them and I really appreciate that about Bardugo. This is directly because of the way in which she decides to shape the narrative: the flashbacks and back stories of each character are revealed slowly over the course of the book, instead of merely blurting this information out through description or dialogue.
This book came highly recommended and I can see why. It's got a little something for many different types of readers.
The writing is immensely good. The world building is rich but not confusing. Characters are incredibly relatable (Nina especially so, at least for me) and wonderful. I LOVED this book, but I'll admit there were dialogue sections during which I caught myself drifting and hoping the action would pick back up. The first 200 pages were ambiguous and tricky to grasp ahold of--in the best sort of way--because Bardugo doesn't waste pages and pages explaining this world and the characters to her readers...she prefers to SHOW everything she wants you to know and I freaking love that. It was all a thrilling mystery that one was forced to be an extremely active reader and discover this information by oneself.
Don't even get me started on the characters of this book. I devoutly and resolutely ship Kaz/Inej, Nina/Matthias, and Jesper/Wylan. Apart from their engrossing relationships, they each are brilliantly developed characters on their own. But I had to GROW to love each and every one of them and I really appreciate that about Bardugo. This is directly because of the way in which she decides to shape the narrative: the flashbacks and back stories of each character are revealed slowly over the course of the book, instead of merely blurting this information out through description or dialogue.
This book came highly recommended and I can see why. It's got a little something for many different types of readers.