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undertheteacup's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, and Colonisation
Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, and Alcohol
_maia's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
1. Really glad I read six of crows before listening to this as an audiobook. But I had to think about it for a few days.
2. I think I just don't like books about most of the kinds of people who go to ivy league schools, but that's not the author's fault. I did see the bad guy coming well in advance but that was definitely intended as well.
3. I like character jumping, but not that with back and forth timey-wimeyness if it's also leading to a mystery plot point that the characters already know about but the reader doesn't - that sort of thing makes me want to skip to the point where they actually tell you stuff, and that's the wrong way to read it. Again, not the author's fault, just not my bag.
4. Some parts of this book felt like they benefitted from a sensitivity reader (to the good), and somewhere in the middle of the book the pace sort of changed? And then changed again towards the end.
5. The main hero Galaxy Stern is ok, although I sort of didn't believe her attraction to basically any of the men in this book, because they were all terrible. Like every time she said she found herself liking a character I was like UGH WHY. But perhaps that's because the setting was Yale, (see point 2). Also I just didn't like her, but I'm not sure I was supposed to anyway, which is fine.
6. The hero guy Darlington is, again, a big yuck for me, see point 2. (I listened to the audiobook for what it's worth, I thought the VO actors did well but made Darlington sound like an asshole, and I'm not sure I would have gotten that impression of him on the page.)
7. And yet strangely for all this I enjoyed it, and will read the next one because the magic system ended on a cliffhanger.
2. I think I just don't like books about most of the kinds of people who go to ivy league schools, but that's not the author's fault. I did see the bad guy coming well in advance but that was definitely intended as well.
3. I like character jumping, but not that with back and forth timey-wimeyness if it's also leading to a mystery plot point that the characters already know about but the reader doesn't - that sort of thing makes me want to skip to the point where they actually tell you stuff, and that's the wrong way to read it. Again, not the author's fault, just not my bag.
4. Some parts of this book felt like they benefitted from a sensitivity reader (to the good), and somewhere in the middle of the book the pace sort of changed? And then changed again towards the end.
5. The main hero Galaxy Stern is ok, although I sort of didn't believe her attraction to basically any of the men in this book, because they were all terrible. Like every time she said she found herself liking a character I was like UGH WHY. But perhaps that's because the setting was Yale, (see point 2). Also I just didn't like her, but I'm not sure I was supposed to anyway, which is fine.
6. The hero guy Darlington is, again, a big yuck for me, see point 2. (I listened to the audiobook for what it's worth, I thought the VO actors did well but made Darlington sound like an asshole, and I'm not sure I would have gotten that impression of him on the page.)
7. And yet strangely for all this I enjoyed it, and will read the next one because the magic system ended on a cliffhanger.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, and Medical trauma