Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, 2) (edició 2018)

The second is almost as good as the first. It’s an amazing testament to the authors writing skills yet again. It’s very hard to find a series that stays amazing through its entirety but that is exactly what this one is. It gets five stars from me. ( )

I loved this - I enjoyed the audiobook so much. I loved the twists and turns, the unexpected deaths, the hints of hope at the end. I'm not usually a fan of heist type plots but this was so much fun whilst never being "light". ( )

This was a good read, a lot of fun. I really enjoyed reading it.
I mean true you're dealing with criminals but they are less evil than the ones they are doing crime to. ( )

Six of Crows Duology:

Ocean’s Eleven in a fantasy world! I know I’m not the first to describe these books that way, but it’s really the best description.

A scientist has created a formula for a drug that could change the world -- for better or worse, depending on who controls it. Everyone wants to either use him or kill him. Kaz Brekker and his handpicked crew have been hired to get to him first and break him out of one of the most secure buildings ever constructed. The payout is enough for each of them to pay their debts, buy their freedom, or get the life they want, but there are plenty of impossible obstacles to conquer, and they can’t trust anyone except, hopefully, each other...

Leigh Bardugo has done such a marvelous job of writing this heist! I think she hits the perfect balance: how much the reader knows and doesn’t know, so you can follow the story and be surprised without getting confused; the things that go wrong and the things that go right, and the things that seem to go wrong but were actually part of the plan all along; and revealing the backstories of each character while still moving the action forward, keeping things interesting all around.

So much fun to read! I guessed a couple of things right but there were way more twists that I got wrong or didn’t see coming at all! ( )

Crooked Kingdom - Bardugo
Audio performance by multiple narrators
4.5 stars

The saga continues. Again, one perilous cliffhanger after another. There’s even more back history for each of the crow crew members. Team camaraderie is stronger. Previously weaker characters assert themselves. The bad guys are still very, very bad. Six crows, three romantic pairings that grow deeper without becoming any less complicated. There’s more humor in this book. Jesper’s father, Van Eck’s child wife, Nina’s flirting, all serve as comedic relief that I appreciated. It’s one of the things that makes this book better than Six of Crows. This is supposed to be the second book of a duology. No more books with these characters. That’s really a shame. I’ll miss them. ( )