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A review by althechaosbisexual
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
1.0
(1.4 star, DNF'd 234 pages in) Here we go. I had to find my notes for this.
I originally rated this a two star, but in the seven minutes since I've put down my rating I've been thinking about other books I've rated two stars and why I rated them two stars and realized that this needed to be bumped down.
First of all, the characters. I was not interested in any of them. They all had the same sort of outline. They're fleeing from some kind of dark past and they all ended up in the same place that made them edgy. I could connect with none of the characters and most of them were infuriating in some kind of way.
Next the romances that had just started blooming once I DNF'd it. Literally all of them had the same sort of dynamic. Big bad brooding guy with a character that's seems harmless but is not so harmless. Matthias and Nina infuriated me most of all. Matthias was a hard-headed bigot who couldn't see the other side of things if somebody took his eyes and chucked him to the other side of the world. Nina was the closest thing to a likable character that was in this book. I was honestly just waiting for Matthias to get chucked overboard.
Next, the writing. I usually don't criticize writing style because it's never really bothered me. I do have a preference, but it doesn't particularly bother me if it's bland. But holy hell for some reason it just irked me in this book how bland the writing was.
The jokes came off as forced and when a character was described as 'doubling over from laughter' I was like 'honey, where' and the interactions between characters provided no chemistry. When it was revealed that Kaz was having feelings for Inej, I was like 'nope, fuck this' and almost yeeted the book out the window. I didn't because it's snowing up a storm outside and I don't want to break my window and freeze my ass off, and this is a library book.
Overall, I was surprised of how much this book bored me. It seemed right up my alley but what I got was an overhyped book that had potential, but never explored it. And please don't pull the 'well, it gets better' card with me. I read 50% of this book. If I wasn't interested by then, it wasn't going to get better. For me, this was a waste of time and I would not recommend it.
I originally rated this a two star, but in the seven minutes since I've put down my rating I've been thinking about other books I've rated two stars and why I rated them two stars and realized that this needed to be bumped down.
First of all, the characters. I was not interested in any of them. They all had the same sort of outline. They're fleeing from some kind of dark past and they all ended up in the same place that made them edgy. I could connect with none of the characters and most of them were infuriating in some kind of way.
Next the romances that had just started blooming once I DNF'd it. Literally all of them had the same sort of dynamic. Big bad brooding guy with a character that's seems harmless but is not so harmless. Matthias and Nina infuriated me most of all. Matthias was a hard-headed bigot who couldn't see the other side of things if somebody took his eyes and chucked him to the other side of the world. Nina was the closest thing to a likable character that was in this book. I was honestly just waiting for Matthias to get chucked overboard.
Next, the writing. I usually don't criticize writing style because it's never really bothered me. I do have a preference, but it doesn't particularly bother me if it's bland. But holy hell for some reason it just irked me in this book how bland the writing was.
The jokes came off as forced and when a character was described as 'doubling over from laughter' I was like 'honey, where' and the interactions between characters provided no chemistry. When it was revealed that Kaz was having feelings for Inej, I was like 'nope, fuck this' and almost yeeted the book out the window. I didn't because it's snowing up a storm outside and I don't want to break my window and freeze my ass off, and this is a library book.
Overall, I was surprised of how much this book bored me. It seemed right up my alley but what I got was an overhyped book that had potential, but never explored it. And please don't pull the 'well, it gets better' card with me. I read 50% of this book. If I wasn't interested by then, it wasn't going to get better. For me, this was a waste of time and I would not recommend it.