A review by marimoose
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional funny inspiring tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The reread for this book was particularly more emotional because of what I remember from its sequel--and I remember a lot. Six of Crows was what brought YA back from the brink of collapse for me, and I owe a lot of that to the character work Leigh put in to flesh out every POV in this book and still manage a plot and worldbuilding. And despite there being five POVs, I absolutely loved this magical heist.

I read the annotated edition, so it definitely held more insight into the story and the characters. I did also find that while I found Kaz's and Inej's stories to be the ones I followed with absolute zeal my first time around, this time around my attention was definitely stolen by Nina and Matthias. Save for the "I will have you without armor" quote. That will ALWAYS stay with me forever.

So yeah. Six of Crows duology is peak Leigh Bardugo (even though I still haven't quite forgiven her for tearing out my soul in Crooked Kingdom). Nothing has changed on a reread.