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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
5.0
reread 2021
I finally finished my reread of Crooked Kingdom yesterday, so like I did with Six of Crows, here's a slightly rambly review!!
This is my second time reading Crooked Kingdom, and while I remembered most of what happened in Six of Crows before my reread, I truly did not remember anything from this book except how it ended. And I'm so glad I decided to reread it because this book is incredible.
While the first book is more of a classic type of heist, with a more straightforward story, Crooked Kingdom is so much more complex. There are several heists that the characters do throughout the novel and so many plot twists. I love these characters so much, and this sequel concludes all of the character development that Leigh Bardugo established in the first book that makes everything come full circle.
Usually, series finales are always my favorite. I think there's something so powerful and emotional that comes with the end of a story, and Crooked Kingdom is one of the best series finales I've ever read. (I know that apparently, Leigh is one day going to write a third book, but from what I've heard, it's only going to be released years down the line, so I'm still counting this book as the finale).
It's such a well-paced story; I read the entire second half of the book in one day because I just could not stop reading. And even though this was a reread, some of the twists made me gasp out loud, which rarely happens.
I'm so excited to see the Crows on the show this Friday!! Every teaser we get of them makes me even more excited for it!!!
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original review 2017
After pulling an impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, Kaz Brekker and his crew of outcasts try to rescue Inej and to pick up the money that's rightfully theirs from the hands of the mercher Jan Van Eck, all in the bustling streets of Ketterdam.
Now, after having read all of Leigh Bardugo's novels in the Grishaverse, I have to say that this one and this series is her best work. I'm definitely glad I read Shadow and Bone before I finished his duology. I loved seeing some of our characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, like Genya, Zoya, Tamar, and, of course, Strumhond. There was never a dull moment in this book, there wasn't any part of the book in which I wanted the story to move along.
Finally, in this one, we get Wylan's point of view, since he is one of my favorites of the crew, and after thinking about it, it makes sense why his POV wasn't on the first book. In the first one, we only get to see the crew planning one big heist, which is the one on The Ice Court, and in this one, we get to see them making all of these little heists all throughout the city.
Talking about Ketterdam, it was a perfect setting for this book. In Six of Crows, we spend only part of the book in the Kerch city, so I loved how in this one all the story is set in this one specific place. Not only that but in Crooked Kingdom, this world is expanded so much.
It was a perfect ending for these characters. The plot wrapped up so nicely. There were also several moments that made me tear up, some of them sad, some of them happy.
Despite things being wrapped up nicely, there were definitely some things that were left unresolved. Which I suppose will be explored in the Nikolai duology, which I'm super excited about!
I finally finished my reread of Crooked Kingdom yesterday, so like I did with Six of Crows, here's a slightly rambly review!!
This is my second time reading Crooked Kingdom, and while I remembered most of what happened in Six of Crows before my reread, I truly did not remember anything from this book except how it ended. And I'm so glad I decided to reread it because this book is incredible.
While the first book is more of a classic type of heist, with a more straightforward story, Crooked Kingdom is so much more complex. There are several heists that the characters do throughout the novel and so many plot twists. I love these characters so much, and this sequel concludes all of the character development that Leigh Bardugo established in the first book that makes everything come full circle.
Usually, series finales are always my favorite. I think there's something so powerful and emotional that comes with the end of a story, and Crooked Kingdom is one of the best series finales I've ever read. (I know that apparently, Leigh is one day going to write a third book, but from what I've heard, it's only going to be released years down the line, so I'm still counting this book as the finale).
It's such a well-paced story; I read the entire second half of the book in one day because I just could not stop reading. And even though this was a reread, some of the twists made me gasp out loud, which rarely happens.
I'm so excited to see the Crows on the show this Friday!! Every teaser we get of them makes me even more excited for it!!!
more books on my Instagram
original review 2017
After pulling an impossible heist in the notorious Ice Court, Kaz Brekker and his crew of outcasts try to rescue Inej and to pick up the money that's rightfully theirs from the hands of the mercher Jan Van Eck, all in the bustling streets of Ketterdam.
Now, after having read all of Leigh Bardugo's novels in the Grishaverse, I have to say that this one and this series is her best work. I'm definitely glad I read Shadow and Bone before I finished his duology. I loved seeing some of our characters from the Shadow and Bone trilogy, like Genya, Zoya, Tamar, and, of course, Strumhond. There was never a dull moment in this book, there wasn't any part of the book in which I wanted the story to move along.
Finally, in this one, we get Wylan's point of view, since he is one of my favorites of the crew, and after thinking about it, it makes sense why his POV wasn't on the first book. In the first one, we only get to see the crew planning one big heist, which is the one on The Ice Court, and in this one, we get to see them making all of these little heists all throughout the city.
Talking about Ketterdam, it was a perfect setting for this book. In Six of Crows, we spend only part of the book in the Kerch city, so I loved how in this one all the story is set in this one specific place. Not only that but in Crooked Kingdom, this world is expanded so much.
It was a perfect ending for these characters. The plot wrapped up so nicely. There were also several moments that made me tear up, some of them sad, some of them happy.
Spoiler
Mostly Matthias's and Inej's ending.Despite things being wrapped up nicely, there were definitely some things that were left unresolved.