Bookish Kingdom discussion

I just finished this trilogy and I was wondering if I could discuss it with you guys. Of course I will use spoiler tags if you haven't read it! There aren't any discussion questions in the se second or third book but there's definitely some discussion questions on Shadow and Bone but I've done it already but if you're interested to know my answers to those questions, I will put them here! So what do you like about this book? What do you not like? Who are your favorite characters? Which one is your favorite out of the trilogy? I'm interested to know what you guys think!

I seriously adored Shadow and Bone, and I only liked Siege and Storm and Ruin and Rising :(

I like Alina and I'm part of the minority that ships her with Mal. (view spoiler)[I still thought that ending was really lame though (hide spoiler)]

I'm slightly indifferent to most of the characters though. I liked Zoya's character development, but other than that I'm kind of indifferent. They didn't annoy me or anything and I rooted for them, but I probably wouldn't have cared too much if they died.

I loved Shadow and Bone! It hooked me from the start! I liked Siege and Storm but it is a lot of waiting around for something to happen. Nikolai is the best though and I love his witty banter! Ruin and Rising was so good for me. (view spoiler)[ Personally I liked the ending. It was really cute and I thought that the whole passing on power was sweet. But maybe that's just me. Only thing I wish for is more of an ending for Nikolai. It felt kinda open ended. (hide spoiler)]

I liked a lot of the characters especially Genya, Tolya, Tamar and Zoya. Nadia was just kinda there in my opinion. (view spoiler)[ Also, Sergei is a coward. Alina was just trying to be nice to you and you just rat her out just ugh. He annoyed me. I never really liked him anyways (hide spoiler)]

But at the same time, I would not have been like emotional over their deaths. (view spoiler)[ I know my heart lurched when Mal was stabbed. It was so emotional. But when Harshaw died, I was like "Oh he died? Thought he was wounded. Didn't know. Oops" which probably would have happened to some characters like David. It really depends. (hide spoiler)]

Also I read a snippet of the Darkling's origin story and it really helps to understand him. I do wish we had more Darkling because the only book I felt that happening was the first one :(

The Grisha triology was okay, but I loved the six of crows duology so much more!!

I haven't read Six of Crows left but I will at some point!

Ilsen wrote: "I haven't read Six of Crows left but I will at some point!"

Six of Crows is definitely far better, you can really see Bardugo growing as a writer and character development and world building are much better in Six of Crows :)