Here’s a short summary of Six of Crows:
In a Russian-esque fantasy world, filled to the brim with misdeeds and corruption, six traumatized misfits - who often moonlight as criminals, schemers, and thieves - must band together. Meet a thief with more than just blood on his hands, a girl who’s as quiet as the draw of a blade and just as deadly, a soldier with resentment like liquid in an unlidded bottle, a witch with a wicked sense of humor, a rich boy whose father may or may not be a villain, and a gunman who winks too much for his own good. Out for gold and riches, this band of peculiars must perform the heist of their lifetimes - the pinnacle of their lives...if they survive it.
Here's a short review of the novel:
This book was like drinking honeyed poison. It was warm and beguiling, filling up my appetite for crime, psychological thriller, and fantasy. There was also a dash of moral greyness giving it an interesting ethical view to the reader. I devoured this book, despite its page length, and it filled me up satisfyingly. It was like hot cocoa on a winter day, or the curl of woodsmoke and dancing fire after snowfall. The writing style was complex, almost lyrical at times, and kept my spirits up with eager enthusiasm and hope for what was to come. Most of all, I relished the complexity of the characters. As I summarized above, all the characters were distinct and felt like human-beings, nothing like other books where heroes are perfect, villains are cruel for the sake of being cruel, and sidekicks are just that - sidekicks. Six of Crows looks at all those respective tropes, takes a pause, and says a bellowing no to it. Leigh Bardugo - the author - doesn’t sugarcoat and doesn’t skip past the trauma. She zooms into it, as much as she can, for a young adult novel. The diversely complex protagonists are not heroes, nor villains, nor sidekicks. They are antiheroes, and them being in their late teens, it shows how a rotten society - named Ketterdam - can produce hardened youth. This book has also been adapted into a TV show by Netflix. You can click on its predecessor’s trailer here: Shadow and Bone Trailer. If you ever feel like getting anything dark and gritty, this book has it all. If you want interesting characters, complex morality, and ambiguous, not-so-happy endings - take a chance and grab this book! Slick as a sharpened, silver knife and warm as ice, this book will keep you guessing, rapidly flipping its rough-edged pages.
This is the novel entitled Six of Crows, by Leigh Bardugo.