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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Leigh Bardugo

Start date: March 1, 2021

Finish date: March 31, 2021

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Apr 13, 2021 Rashi Malik rated it liked it

Shelves: hardcopy, fantasy

2nd read 3猸�(Feb 23)
Same thoughts as before but I found it slightly more enjoyable this time around.
1st read 2猸�(May 21)
Is this book worth the hype?

Have I read better books?

Have i read worse books?

What made me read this book?

Do I regret reading this book?

This book's quite a good book. I feel that if it weren't so hyped up I could have liked it more. I set such high expectations for this book, that when they weren't met it left me so disappointed that I dnfed it at one point.

Six of Crows can be eas ...more

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Nov 28, 2014 Thais rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Ouch. Heart broken with success.
THIS BOOKS GOT ME SO TEARY RIGHT NOW, HOLY SAINTS!!!1!!!!!!!

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Jan 28, 2021 toointofiction rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: book-to-screen-adaptation, lgbtqia, young-adult, reviewed-books, fantasy, leigh-bardugo

I am IN LOVE with Leigh Bardugo's work. Six of Crows is AMAZING!!!

I love Kaz, I love Inej, I love their relatioship and I love the Dregs!!!!!

They are such an amazing team and the story was fantastic. I couldn't put the book down!!! And that ending, OMG!!!

I didn't think I could be into the whole heist thing before this book!! Such an incredible job!!! ...more

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Nov 06, 2017 Naaytaashreads rated it really liked it · review of another edition

鈥淚 will have you without armor, Kaz Brekker. Or I will not have you at all.鈥�

I get the hype now. i get why everyone love this book.
Because it is brilliant.
Going from the Grisha trilogy to this is just amazing.
Leigh Bardugo is just an amazing writer.
Grisha trilogy was easy kind of read that is wow but Six of Crows is just like wow on another level.
Like you don't expect it coming after reading the Grisha trilogy.

I love all the characters.
Everyone has their own character, stories, worries, skills a ...more

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Oct 13, 2018 Tuna 鈳� Reads rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crime, wit-and-grit, favorites, grey-area-up-in-this-mf, licensed-to-sleuth, warrants-its-own-shelf, adventure, magic

6 beloved "crows-not-stars"...

This re-read was inspired by my binge of the Netflix series that premiered April 23rd. I was feeling a little bittersweet about the Dregs getting sidelined in favour of the Alina Starkov/Darkling plot, so I figured I'd wallow in the miracle that is Six of Crows.

**For any of you who haven't seen Netflix's Shadow & Bone yet, I did enjoy it and it's definitely worth the watch. Kit Young shot my socks off playing Jesper Fahey. He was fanTASTIC. I was a little disappoint ...more

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May 23, 2019 Joyce rated it liked it

After two previous attempts to read this book, I finally was able to finish it on my third try. I'll be honest, just from the description, I would not have checked out/bought this book. The snippet inside the book flap is just not enticing enough and I seriously dislike books that have way too many POVs. The most I can do without getting irritated is three, but this book had EIGHT. But, the cover is gorgeous and I loved how my version of Six of Crows had black rims along the pages. Okay, let m After two previous attempts to read this book, I finally was able to finish it on my third try. I'll be honest, just from the description, I would not have checked out/bought this book. The snippet inside the book flap is just not enticing enough and I seriously dislike books that have way too many POVs. The most I can do without getting irritated is three, but this book had EIGHT. But, the cover is gorgeous and I loved how my version of Six of Crows had black rims along the pages. Okay, let me get into the nitty gritty of this book:

The biggest reason why I gave this book three stars is because of the poor introduction, the lack of explanations on what's what, the name dumps, and the failure to flesh out all the characters evenly.

I absolutely hated the introduction. I know I'm not alone on this, because several people also seem to dislike the beginning or are confused. When reading the first 30% of the book, I felt like I was missing something. This didn't feel like the first book of a series. There were so many names without introductions, terms and slangs that held no importance to me, but should've, and a magical universe where I had no clue what was what! This was written for those readers who had already been exposed to the Grishaverse first introduced in the Shadow and Bone trilogy. I had read the first installment of that trilogy a long time ago, so everything in Six of Crows made almost no sense.

I just don't like the Grishaverse. The concept is cool, but I was never really able to buy into it. Like I mentioned before, I read Shadow and Bone but could not push myself to read the second two because I could sense that things were going to get really annoyingly complicated. This book was no exception. I couldn't buy into the Grishaverse.

Okay, another reason why this book has three stars is because of Jesper and Wylan. Was there a point? I would've loved to see so much more of their relationship, but we're only shown so little. And the bits we do see are confusing, because it's like, where did this relationship come from? Where did the interest come from?? At what point did these two start showing interest in each other??? They had very little screen time and were written more as side characters rather than main characters. Ms. Bardugo, more of Jesper and Wylan please, because it could've been really great. But instead, every time these two characters pop up, I'm left wanting Kaz, Inej, Nina, and Matthias.

On the contrary, I enjoyed Nina and Matthias' relationship A LOT. I think I would've given this book five stars if it had just been told from Nina and Matthias' perspective. I loved seeing their relationship in the flashbacks and in present day. It's a true haters-to-lovers story, but Bardugo made it believable! The two had to rely on each other to survive and that reliance grew into affection. It was such a wonderful portrayal of the haters-to-lovers trope and I seriously wish Bardugo would write just an entirely separate book for Nina and Matthias.

Also, Nina is just so badass. I loved her so much! She was my favorite character in every single way. She's the real MVP, to be honest.

I liked the plot a lot too! It was basic- here's the mission. Complete it and get the money. But, Bardugo was able to weave a basic plot into something so much more intricate and deep. There were so moments near the end where I gasped, because I hadn't seen it coming! There's little to no plot holes and I loved all the realistic hiccups in Kaz, Jesper, Inej, Wylan, Nina, and Matthias' journey. ...more

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Dec 20, 2020 Masha M. rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2020-books

An entirely different book by @lbardugo I enjoyed reading this though i still prefer Shadow and Bone. Six of Crows is set in the Grisha world as well, and we see new places here. Totally new characters as well, we are introduced to Kaz Brekker who is the leader of the most popular gang in the Ravkan city of Ketterdam. After destroying a rival group, he is kidnapped by Jan van Eck who enlists him for a seemingly impossible quest in exchange for an irresistible sum of thirty million kruge. The tas ...more

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Dec 29, 2020 Librarian Jessie (BibliophileRoses) rated it really liked it

Shelves: 4-stars, recommend-to-me-via-friends, who-did-this-to-you-trope, grumpy-x-sunshine

This was a book highly recommended to me through social media bloggers I follow. Although I felt it did not entirely live up to it鈥檚 hype, I definitely fell for Kaz in a hardcore sort of way. He embodies the 鈥測akuza/gang leader鈥� feel my friend and I are constantly raving over in our romance discussions. Overall, an enjoyable read and I look forward to my next novel!

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Sep 19, 2020 Katja rated it it was amazing

I absolutely love this book. It is so different from what I would usually read. The way the story has so many twists and turns and it keeps you on your toes all the time is just amazing.

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