Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (Group Read March 2016)

[Brandi]

At first, I wasn't all that intrigued when it was the guard at the house but the minute they got to Kaz and Inej (and their crew meeting the other crew), I was hooked.

[Melanie, looking for a partner in crime]

I agree. Chapter 1 was the only bad chapter in this book.

[Rachel]

Brandi, I didn't get a sense you were complaining! Sometimes details like that can take me out of a story, too.

@Diane, I felt the same way! Bring on book two NOW!

[Kdbrand]

Just started yesterday and have only made it to Ch 3. I'm trying to do the audio version, but am having a hard time connecting with the book. Maybe I need to switch to the print version!

[Anna]

Jenny wrote: "I don't think any of these characters are mentioned at all in the other trilogy. Unless they're like super periphery and I just didn't catch it. If they were, it'd be something tiny and unimportant..."

The only connection in characters between the series that I noticed was Zoya. She is a minor character in the Shadow and Bone series and Nina mentions her once or twice as the leader of the Second Army (which I don't think is a position she has when the Shadow and Bone series ends).

[Anna]

Christie wrote: Apparently waffles have quite the long history and the first known waffle recipe w..."

Fascinating but I don't think those early waffles were anything to get excited about.

I just never realized how much I associated fantasy with medieval times until something totaly didn't jive with it in my mind.

Yes they had guns and tanks but there is a comment about how it was moving without a horse, so motors were a new thing. And there was also a comment about candles and gas lamps.

[Anna]

I really enjoyed the suspense and adventure of the book. And I would agree with the others that this was better than the first series. I'm curious if part of that had to do with the fact that the author had already created the world so she wasn't creating that from scratch while also trying to write a story.

[Christie]

This is one of the few books that really seemed both character and plot driven. The pace was quick and there was a lot going on to keep you turning pages, but at the same time the characters were well-developed and you got a great deal of backstory on each of them. Its been one of my favorite books that we have read so far as a group read.

[Brandi]

Christie-agreed! And I think that can be hard to do. Also for me, as much as I was intrigued by the plot, it was the characters that made the book for me. I kept wanting to know more about their backstories (until we got to Kaz-just too heartbreaking).

[Amy]

So I'm 50% through, I just want to keep reading and I can't! So frustrating. I'm up to (view spoiler)[the fight between Nina and Matthias and the group get attacked by the Grisha (hide spoiler)] I really like Nina a lot but I haven't got into Inej's character yet. I'm assuming her story picks up in the second half of the book?

[Brandi]

Once they get to their destination things get more intense for sure.

[Melanie, looking for a partner in crime]

Amy wrote: "So I'm 50% through, I just want to keep reading and I can't! So frustrating. I'm up to [spoilers removed] I really like Nina a lot but I haven't got into Inej's character yet. I'm assuming her stor..."

Yeah, but is t that a great feeling in a way. I stayed up until the early AM to finish the book because it was hard to put down. Work the next day was interesting, but worth it.

[Kdbrand]

So, I started this book on audio and struggled to get into it. Finally I decided to start skimming the print version as well. I'm very glad I did!

[Stacia (the 2010 club), groupaholic, YA-MA founder]

Moving this topic to the fantasy folder.

[Anna]

Kdbrand wrote: "So, I started this book on audio and struggled to get into it. Finally I decided to start skimming the print version as well. I'm very glad I did!"

I was the exact opposite. I started reading it and couldn't get into it but then the audible daily deal happened so I got it and it was smooth sailing from there (for me, not so much the crew).

[Hillary]

Anna wrote: "I was the exact opposite. I started reading it and couldn't get into it but then the audible daily deal happened so I got it and it was smooth sailing from there (for me, not so much the crew)"

I was going to start reading it when that deal happened. For the most part I am with you on the audio. The first chapter or so took a little bit for me but after that? One of my favorite audios.

I liked having a different voice for each perspective and their versions of everyone's voices. I just hope they stick with it for the next book. I don't want it to change!