Everything about: SIX OF CROWS

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LET'S TALK ABOUT IT

A numerous amount of twists, an impossible mission, a well desgined world and a group of hetergenous yet very likeable characters :Leigh Bardugo clearly knows the recipe of a great fantasy novel. Everthing begins in the winding streets of Ketterdam where the young, sarcastic and  mysterious Kaz Brekker accepts the mission of the rich seller Van Eck: to deliver a savant in the "Ice Court", probably the most well guarded city. Accompanied by 5 other young people, that each serve their own intentions and capable of doing anything for money, Kaz embarks on a suicidal mission  which could unleash an irreversible chaos...



A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT :


"Written by Leigh Bardugo, a young adult novelist, 'Six of Crows' was released in 2015. It marked the beginning of the Grishaverse, a universe explored in four other books by Leigh Bardugo. Over 2 million copies were sold (I personally understand why).
It was adapted into a Netflix series called 'Shadow and Bone', which does not follow the exact plot of 'Six of Crows' but is more of a mix of all the books in the Grishaverse."

5 WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT


thrilling

lively

surprising

moving

funny


WHAT TO READ IF YOU LIKED SIX OF CROW


"Well, I would probably suggest you take a look at the 'Game of Thrones' book series if you enjoy a well-written fantasy universe and some charismatic strategic minds, but I would not recommend it to everybody. It is a little complex, and if you don't want to think too much and just enjoy a nice reading session without having to look up names from the first chapter every two minutes, I'd recommend 'Zita the Space Girl', which is a comic book about space. You might be thinking that it has nothing to do with the Grishaverse, but I would argue that 'Zita the Space Girl' is about young people living incredible adventures in another universe."



A "SIX OF CROWS" PLAYLIST


Skyfall- Adele
Black out days - PHANTOGRAM
Play with fire - Yacht Money &  Sam Tinnesz
No time to die - Billie Eilish
Hayloft II -Mother Mother
heathens- Twenty one pilots



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