Six of Crows Review

Author: Leigh Bardugo

Release Date: September 29, 2015

Synosis: (from amazon.com)

Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price--and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't pull it off alone...

A convict with a thirst for revenge.

A sharpshooter who can't walk away from a wager.

A runaway with a privileged past.

A spy known as the Wraith.

A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums.

A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes.

Six dangerous outcasts. One impossible heist. Kaz's crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction―if they don't kill each other first.

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My Review:

This book was stunning and honestly blew past all of my expectations. I got the book purely because the synopisis on Amazon and Goodreads looked interesting and people had said it was good, but this book made the purchase very worth while. The book is linked with Bardugo's other series, The Grisha Trilogy, where most of the knowledge of the general dystopian setting comes from, but you do not need to read those books in order to understand this one. This fact did lead to the lack of an "info dump," where the author tells basically everything about the setting and general way things happen in the place where the story is occurring, which I greatly appreciated. It is centered around six major characters, and alterates through their points of view in order to explain the action of the story, so as a reader you really get to know the characters through their actions and what they are saying, be it from that character's point of view or the point of view of an adjacent character. This for me was a really interesting and unique reading experience as it opened my eyes to the different feelings and expression of events between the characters. It also helped that it's pretty easy to decipher who is doing the narration in a chapter just by how they spoke and acted, especially once you get to know the characters more.

Overall, this book is an amazing, high fantasy, keep-you-on-your-toes novel, and I would highly recommend picking it up off the shelf.

Final Grade: A+