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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

Leigh Bardugo

Start date: November 1, 2020

Finish date: December 1, 2020

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Six of Crows - November 2020
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May 21, 2019 Morgan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, favorites, on-hold

This book had me messed up for days after my first read, so, naturally, I had to read it again.

The friendship, the internal conflict, the romance, the backstories-- I just, ugh. Leigh Bardugo is an absolute master at writing intensely delicious scenes while also adding humor as the twists and turns unfold. The main plot itself is not something I would normally be interested in, but Leigh said "Fuck that" and made me interested, invested in the Crows' success and had me praying for their safety ...more

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Mar 22, 2020 elise rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I've been reading for more than an hour.. it's 1.24am.... I'm wrecked all over again... ...more

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Aug 17, 2018 Sylvs (NOVELty Reads) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

And just like that I was left Shooketh! JUST LIKE THAT! I have no words to describe Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! No words! It was just this exhilarating thrill ride of a novel that left me as hooked as I was breathless. My heart flipped in my chest as Bardugo's words hit me in the face with all its grace and beauty. This was a major step up from the Grisha Trilogy that didn't excite me at all and I am exuberant to read more in the sequel of Crooked Kingdom

Six of Crows is a novel that incorpo And just like that I was left Shooketh! JUST LIKE THAT! I have no words to describe Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo! No words! It was just this exhilarating thrill ride of a novel that left me as hooked as I was breathless. My heart flipped in my chest as Bardugo's words hit me in the face with all its grace and beauty. This was a major step up from the Grisha Trilogy that didn't excite me at all and I am exuberant to read more in the sequel of Crooked Kingdom

Six of Crows is a novel that incorporates the signature Russian Folklore Bardugo intertwines in most of her works with a well-built mystery and intrigue that is sure to keep readers hooked. Main character, Kaz Brekker is a young criminal prodigy who has been offered wealth beyond even his wildest dreams but to get to millions of dollars he needs to assemble a dangerous gang of six of the deadliest crooks in the city of Ketterdam to retrieve a priceless item from the impenetrable Ice Court.

Can I just say how precious this novel is in terms of the relationships we see between each character towards each other? It’s something we don’t see that often and we should see it more often in YA Fantasy novels and just Young Adult in general. Also another thing I found amazing that surprised me a lot was how there was not much of an emphasis (or no emphasis really) on romance between any of the characters. It was definitely a much needed break that I appreciated a lot given that romance is usually heavily loaded on the plate called a YA novel.

Additionally everything flowed. I usually read 50 pages per hour and never once was I deathly bored. Every chapter had a new revelation or development. Me, myself having done NaNoWriMo was impressed at how Bardugo kept this fast paced storyline to keep the reader immersed in the story and entertained. This was impressive given that the novel is 492 pages long!

My only real negative was that I fear I might have read the pages over too quickly (I might have read 392 pages in a day which is sort of unheard of from me!) but I don’t think that really took anything away from the storyline really.

All in all a great read from Leigh Bardugo and I’m excited to read more!

ACTUAL RATING: 4.3 STARS ...more

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Nov 15, 2020 Marwa rated it it was ok

This book was a huge disappointment , it took me so long to get through it .I really wanted to like it but it was veryyy boring except for the last 100 pages , and I didn't connect enough with the characters . I didn't like Kaz brekker at all , seriously why do people like him !!! But I liked matthias and Inej though I was surprised a lot of people didn't like Matthias🙄 . But I think I'll read the second book just because the last few pages got me excited ;) ...more

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May 15, 2021 beflowersandbooks rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

BLOODY HELL this book was good!
I loved every scheming second of it.

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Aug 10, 2017 Emma rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned-read, young-adult, fantasy, lgbtq

*This review will contain spoilers!*

1st Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3/5 stars).
2nd Rating: 🌟🌟🌟 (3/5 stars).

So far this isn't my favorite Leigh Bardugo book. I think I like the grisha trilogy more (haha maybe that will change after I read crooked kingdom. Who knows? Maybe a suli seer.) I do think you should read the grisha trilogy before this one. It mentions some events from ruin and rising. And it also mentions some characters from that trilogy *cough my bae Zoya cough* I also liked that six of crows had ...more

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Jul 21, 2019 Stephy Charlie rated it it was amazing

At first I was a bit hesitant to read this after being caught up in the shadow and Bone trilogy but man it got to me. Having the perspective of the other characters was brilliant, and definitely a fun read. :p

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