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A review by ladybugwrites
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-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
4.0
This books has scared me for the past however many years since I bought it. It's been a, probably seven years since I read Six of Crows duology, and maybe four or five since I read the Shadow and Bone trilogy. Despite my love for the SoC, I didn't care much for Shadow and Bone (I did read all the books, though), and this scared me when I bought this book, something I did solely because it's about Nikolai and he's my favorite character from S&B and very much made the trilogy worth reading.
However, I had very little to worry about. Whilst I do think this book has an incredibly slow start somwhat unnecessarily - though it does pay off as you get into the meat of it - I still had a blast going back into this world. I have a thousand questions as I finished the book and I know for certain that I will be picking up the next one, possibly sooner than I might've thought myself due to the ending. I found the return to characters great, most of the plot interesting and fascinating. I will admit that, despite how exciting and nervous I was reading, parts of the plot aren't to my liking, not necessarily because it is bad, but because I believe Bardugo has the capabilities to do more instead of reusing something already done (that is very vague and iykyk).
One thing I do want to highlight is Bardugou's great way of writing a slowburn. I am not a romance person outside of fanfiction, usually don't need it in my books, most often don't mind. Yet, I do sit here and giggle to myself like a teenager at times, hoping there will at least be a kiss to satisfy me.
also this is just a stupid little thing, but how come Nina mentions Inej, Kaz and Jesper multiple times, but she doesn't mention Wylan even once? Am I misremembering something or did Bardugo herself forget about him (I know she didn't). Im sorry, I just wanted him mentioned whent the rest of them were
However, I had very little to worry about. Whilst I do think this book has an incredibly slow start somwhat unnecessarily - though it does pay off as you get into the meat of it - I still had a blast going back into this world. I have a thousand questions as I finished the book and I know for certain that I will be picking up the next one, possibly sooner than I might've thought myself due to the ending. I found the return to characters great, most of the plot interesting and fascinating. I will admit that, despite how exciting and nervous I was reading, parts of the plot aren't to my liking, not necessarily because it is bad, but because I believe Bardugo has the capabilities to do more instead of reusing something already done (that is very vague and iykyk).
One thing I do want to highlight is Bardugou's great way of writing a slowburn. I am not a romance person outside of fanfiction, usually don't need it in my books, most often don't mind. Yet, I do sit here and giggle to myself like a teenager at times, hoping there will at least be a kiss to satisfy me.