Six of Crows (book review)


Kaz and the Crows

Dear reader,

I don't even know how to start with this book. I have had two days to process the ending and I am still not ready to write this, but I need too before I start forgetting stuff. So here we are!

Let's first talk about the characters. The people in this book are actually all legends. They're all so different and wonderfully developed and just bloody great. My favourite has to be Kaz, I love that boy. He is so cool and although he's a dick at times, especially to Jesper, I just love him. Like what a snarky bastard am I right? When we found out his backstory, I was honestly surprised he was not more fucked up. And he's like 17?! And he's a complete genius. So, he's a 17-year-old, mob-boss genius. I mean, could you get any more my type?

Jussst kidding.

Another character I looooved was Nina. (who may I say, is also 16 or 17.WTF?!) And not just because she was so insanely smart and strong. I love that she has constant morals all through the book. Her country and her people. Also, that she was magic?! She is just brilliant. I swear, if she dies of that stupid Parem drug-thing I will be so pissed off. Then Matthias will be all alone, and I can't let that happen!

So, I guess it’s as good a time as any to discuss Nina and Matthias. I am all aboard this ship, it’s a classic Jew fell in love with the Nazi situation but if the Jew had powers- and was fighting for another army. Okay maybe that wasn’t the best comparison but you know what I mean.  I love the love-hate element and the backstory- oh my god the backstory was just everything.

Matthias was a really cool character that I kind of secretly loved for the whole book. Well, until everyone started loving him and it was socially excepted. HA! I was loyal before all you bitches! To be fair though, there were two times I was really scared he was about to kill nina;

1-     When we first met him and he strangled Nina, I was like-

Um excuse me you ungrateful little shit, she is getting your ass out of Azkaban (hells gate- you know what I mean) save the lovers quarrel for afterwards, please!

2-     When Nina and that evil guy from the slave ship ice court who we thought was dead but weren’t really dead went into that room to supposedly get it on with Nina, I was so scared! I mean, I totally called it, like of course he remembered her-but that room, the first time we saw it, I almost had a bloody panic attack. It was like written down claustrophobia. Anyway, when Matthias showed up at that window I was so convinced he had genuinely betrayed them all. I wrote a note when I’d just read it, it's quite funny:



MATTHIAS is literally a physio! Like, he needs to get his fudgin priorities in order! Betraying Nina like that?! What a dick. He should be smart enough to know they are probably gonna kill his ass anyway! What a tall glass of idiot.

I was very annoyed as you can see, if I had waited like 50 words on I would have realised what he was doing. As the very next note says:

Changed my mind, I love Matthias! He and Nina are the best and that promise though.           Ohhhhhh gurl. Rowan and Alien whoooooo?

Okay moving on, I wanna talk about the beginning scene real quick. Okay, so Joost. I thought he was going to be a crow! I guess that shows how good Leigh is at character development. That chapter was chilling, but I didn’t think it set such a good mood for the book. I think it would have been better if our first chapter was the second chapter we got, the one from Inej’s point of view where we also meet Kaz for the first time. Cause that-would have set the bloody mood. I mean, what is six of crows without kaz risking his ass with a gang that could possibly lose him everything? Sooooo Kaz.

Can we please talk about Jasper and- OH oh sorry- Jesper 0_o and Waylan. I was never 100% on these two, I kind of dug the bromance more then I dug the romance. Just me? Okay. But that’s not to say I didn’t love the ‘not just girls’ scene. That was fan girl gold. Oh my gosh, that and of course the Inej and Kaz infamous ‘without armour’ scene. That was brill.

I’m not gonna lie, I didn’t feel connected to Inej till like the end of chapter 25 when she talks about her plans to hunt down the slavers and even then I was like, gurl stop talking about ships and get your skinny wraith ass up that chimney before those shoes are eternally attached to your feet! Was I the only one thinking that or…?

The bit where they’ve broken into the ice court and they just smash through the wall with that tank, I thought that was hilarious. I kept thinking about that yesterday and in my brain I was mentally comparing it to Shane and his squad on the golf buggy.

So lads and gents, who do we think are gonna die? Pekka Rollins, obviously. If they don’t kill him, I will. I won’t lie I was confused about what was going on in that last chapter, I get it now but at the time I was like what? I thought he was dead?! It was so impactful when he realised Kaz and the crows had nicked everything. And when Kaz said

 ‘You don’t remember me at all, do you?’

‘Should I?’

‘Not just yet.’

That bit got me hyped for crooked kingdom. Which I have and will read soon! I’m currently reading Queen of shadows, only a mere 2 months after finishing heir of fire- don’t hate me.

Another nice twist was when Waylan got tailored to be the kowahawakywaka dude. The parem guy, you know what I mean. And we found out his dad is un utter dick, like seriously who sends there kids letters saying, if you can read this, I want you home- to mock their dyslexia. I think nob head is the kindest phrase I can think of. Poor little Waylan!

I want to end this super long blog with I tiny little message to our queen, Leigh Bardugo.

*Clears throat.*

STOP NAMING EVERYTHING REALLY DIFFICULT NAMES! NOT ALL OF US CAN AFFORD THE AUDIOBOOK! WHAT KIND OF NAME IS JESPER? I WAS SAYING MAT-TAH-TUS FOR HALF THE BLOODY BOOK! Thank you 😊

Okay, that’s everything I have to say about this book.

I think I’d rate it 4.5/5 because the pacing at times was slow, but I still loved it!

Love Issy

Xx

(please if you have just finished this book, YouTube six of crows vines, it is the funniest thing in this demention.)

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