Maya’s Reviews > Six of Crows > Status Update

I hate Matthias and I despise being in his racist ass pov. He’s a fucking KKK member. He’s constantly calling his LOVE INTEREST Nina a witch and how she and her people are “non-human” and shit. It’s fucking vile. I do not ship this. Nina, girl, find you a new man who isn’t racist.

Leigh Bardugo is not a bad writer but she’s not an interesting one either. The prose is so bland and the dialogue is wordy and try-hard. If I wasn’t determined to finish this, I would’ve given up right here.

Bardugo keeps doing this thing where she slips out of 3rd limited into 2nd person (of all perspectives) to talk directly to us. Stop! It breaks the flow so much. It feels like an unavoidable pothole on an otherwise clear road.

Why are these guys teenagers when they behave like thirty year olds? I understand that this is a YA but aren’t YAs supposed to be relatable to teenagers? These aren’t teens, they’re adults. This is 100% a me thing but I like YA books where the teens behave like teens even in escapist stuff like this. It just makes the book feel more grounded