Six of Crows

Sans conteste, j'ai trouvé ce premier tome bien meilleur que la trilogie Grisha, ce qui peut être lié au fait qu'il soit destiné à un public plus âgé. Cependant, j'avoue ne pas avoir accroché à 100 % comme je l'espérais.

After having a night to ride out my book high I am ready to share my thoughts on Six of Crows. First things first, I absolutely adored this book. It was everything I expected and wanted from an extension of the Grisha universe set in countries other than Ravka and centered around a morally grey thieving group set to an impossible heist. The Grisha trilogy introduced readers to a fascinating world, but with a very narrow focus due to the story elements and primary plot. Six of Crows was able to give readers the familiarity of Ravka, but to expand on the Grisha universe in a very natural way. The countries we visited and that were mentioned and the range of cultures described were diverse and developed so believably. The reader was given a large cast of characters in Six of Crows with rotating points of view which helped to build up the suspense though the characters were often together and even when not the reader rarely felt left on a complete cliffhanger but rather given enough momentum to keep the pacing steady and tumbling forward. Through these different characters we are shown the different cultures of the Grisha universe, the backstories of the cast of characters, and the main plot all woven together into one fantastically complex work. I am really the most in awe over how well these multiple facets of the book were handled.The heist itself is brilliantly written with enough suspense and guessing to keep the reader on the edge of their seat, but I was most enthralled with the characters. Though I do not have any strong connections with the characters yet, how well they are fleshed out with painful backstories, distinct, strong personalities, diverse cultures and mannerisms, and just everything made me so damn thrilled. I loved our convict's struggle and character growth primarily though many other characters gave me great scenes and contemplation and I'm just very pleased with the Grisha universe in general.I'm sure you're unsurprising to hear this, but the wait for book two will likely kill me.