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Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

312 reviews

prettiestwhistles's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Torture

infjkiki's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Abandonment, and Alcohol

lyrapollock's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Deportation

mozimmerm's review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-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

4.5

This book took a while to get me hooked, but once I was hooked, I WAS HOOKED. The characters make this book. It’s hard to pick a favorite character. I can’t wait to read the next one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Mental illness

Minor: Addiction and Death of parent

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

10/10. All of the characters are so unique and compelling. I liked this book ten times better than Shadow and Bone. I am usually not into heist books or mystery novels but heist + fantasy + found family + a little bit of heartwrenching romance? Definitely my jam. I love that the book has alternating point of views between the characters but still in third person. Also, the book was able to surprise me at every turn which is not my experience with most books.

I only have two critiques: I wish all the characters were just a few years older. To me, especially the romances would be more compelling but the characters would also be more developed. Also, I think that the beginning of the book was a bit muddled and seemed to have too much all at once for introducing a new setting/social scene. Even though I read Shadow and Bone, I was still confused and disoriented about introducing how everything works in Ketterdam, especially since the characters are already established there instead of learning along with the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

stormeno's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Confinement, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

deerlybeloved's review

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

Six of Crows is a beautiful book, and one that gave me so much more than I could ask for. At first, I had to be talked into reading it, but after the first two chapters I was hooked and desperate to continue, aching to know what happened next. Every chapter, every turn of the page, gave me foreshadowing, small details, hints to plans, twists, and outcomes I wasn't expecting.

You'll be on the edge of your seat, wanting more, and desperate to see how it all pans out for our beloved characters by the end of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Inej, one of the main characters, has a backstory HEAVILY rooted in discussion of pedophilia, child trafficking, sex trafficking, slavery, sexual slavery, rape, sexual abuse, kidnapping, and so much more. While handled with beautiful tact and insight, the depictions of flashbacks and Inej's feelings of these things can comfort survivors of similar things as much as it destroys us. Go with caution. As well, religious bigotry, ableism, trauma, emotional neglect, horrid things happening to children, war, racial fetishization, and so much more is dealt with in tactful ways, but ever presently used as reminders that the world is as imperfect and dark as it is beautiful.

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Classism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Slavery, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

marketa_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Vomit, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

itsjusterika's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent