Akiva Reads

Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)

by Leigh Bardugo

Solid all the way through. My main disappointment is that there's two entire straight romances and only the (clearly intentional!) subtext of a gay flirtation.

I loved Inej's arc up to the last couple pages. She's self-actualized so the narrative is now going to hobble her to give the hero the chance to live up to her? Give me a break.

The grisha and Suli both suffer from the usual maladies of being fantasy oppressed groups who real oppressed groups' struggles are imperfectly mapped onto.