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Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)

Leigh Bardugo

Start date: June 1, 2021

Finish date: June 30, 2021

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Oct 12, 2016 Jenn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: signed-copies, books-i-own, cover-love, 5-star-reads, young-adult, fantasy, read-in-2016, read-in-2019

2/12 Reread

Ok this is hard because my original review says everything that I wanted to say and there's not much more to add but I will try. I devoured this book in one day while I was home sick and it still managed to suck me in just like the first time. While I remembered how it ended, the road there was still a mystery. There were so many little nuances that I had forgotten and having been able to read this entire world back to back, it's just been amazing.

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May 05, 2017 Tammie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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When you can't beat the odds, change the game.

Crooked Kingdom starts off not long after Six of Crows ends. It was a bit different from Six of Crows because the team is not working on a heist, but I liked it just as much. There was so much danger and I never knew who was going to come out of it alive. It kept me on the edge of my seat most of the time. I did feel like it got off to a slow start, but once it got going it was filled with plot twists, some that I saw coming, but a lot I didn't.

Li When you can't beat the odds, change the game.

Crooked Kingdom starts off not long after Six of Crows ends. It was a bit different from Six of Crows because the team is not working on a heist, but I liked it just as much. There was so much danger and I never knew who was going to come out of it alive. It kept me on the edge of my seat most of the time. I did feel like it got off to a slow start, but once it got going it was filled with plot twists, some that I saw coming, but a lot I didn't.

Like Six of Crows this book devotes chapters to different character's points of view. I liked it here just as much as I did there. Once again each point of view brought something essential to the plot. I really can't say that any of them were less enjoyable than others either, which is rare. Of course I still had my favorite characters, Inej, Matthias, and Nina. I never warmed up to Kaz as much as I wanted to, and Jesper and Wylan were ok as characters, but nothing special even though I still liked them.

I've said before that the best fantasies always end up breaking my heart a little bit and this one was no exception. I waited a while to read this book and I'm sort of glad I did, because after reading a lot of reviews I felt prepared for the ending that everyone has talked so much about. I didn't read the spoilers but I was prepared even though I still did not know what was going to happen; only that something bad was going to happen. It helped to soften the blow but it still hurt. This thing that happens, I could have lived with happening to almost any other character in the book. (view spoiler) What made it even worse was that it really didn't even have to happen. It did nothing to move the plot along. It was just there to break our hearts for no good reason other than to break our hearts.

Despite that this was an incredibly enjoyable book. I found it to be a really engaging read and a great conclusion to the duology. There is also room to write more in the world if the author decides to which I kind of like. I could see several threads that she could pick up that wouldn't be direct sequels and others that could be.

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Feb 18, 2020 Susan rated it it was amazing

Loved LOVED this book!!! My first time reading Six of Crows I was kind of bored then I reread it this year and I found I really liked it so much more but this book had me on the edge most of the time.

It had everything. I found myself chuckling at Wylan and Jesper. I was sad (I won't say why) I held my breath thinking what else can go wrong. I was happy for Kaz and Inej, although I really wanted more from them. This book was everything.

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