i don't like putting decimal numbers in my reviews, but i still don't know how to rate this. i enjoyed it, but im not that enthusiastic about it and could easily continue to live this cursed year without reading the sequel.

just the fact that it has six povs without none of them being annoying makes this a must read ya book. but six of crows also has three different (almost) couples and all of them work (a fourth could've worked too..). most ya books has only one mc and focus on only one canon romantic relationship, but still can't do the simple task of preventing my eyes from rolling the entire time, even though im a sucker for romance [this is not a issue reserved to books marketed that way. mistborn and nevernight are perfect examples imo. actually both of them read as ya books in many aspects, especially regarding sanderson's mc and her love interest].

the flashbacks, which i usually hate, were engaging and naturally included. the rep was great as well, checking a lot of boxes without rubbing them on your face just for the sake of the book being called a diverse read.

plus the leader of the gang is an emotionally constipated dude in need of a hug and i tend to root for those.

but the thing is: i was more invested in the characters' relationships than in their mission. i didn't care that much about the heist and the plot around it didn't convince me, since it was based pretty much on luck. the ending was predictable and it didn't make sense for kaz to be the smartest of the group but not question That person's words. also there was that typical scene where the villain explains all his plans just bc the hero is asking, which is always a no for me.

even tho i shipped all the pairs, i didn't feel their powerful connection as a group. the dialogues could've been more useful in that sense, but i still would've liked to see the dregs' relationship growing throughout the years and along kaz's fame and his plan to revenge his brother. maybe this way Kaz wouldn't have changed his behaviour towards inej so suddenly and we would get to see their interactions (and the relationship between kaz and jesper) intensifying progressively in meaning, and also understand why inej is in love with him despite he not being the man she wants/deserves (///spoiler/// i mean,,, she basically tells him he would have to turn off his ptsd to have her. of course she shouldn't accept crumbs, but that conversation could've taken a different approach). 

as for the writing, i don't have any complaints except for the times where bardugo would explain things already said in dialogues or somehow clarified by the narrator as if i were a child; and the slight stretch in the description of kaz as a cruel gangster, like, i get it, he has dirty hands, now lets move on to the part where you say without saying that he's bissexual. 

so yeah, this one goes to the extremely short list of books that weren't a big disappointment for me in 2020, but the main reason i may read the sequel is to see if kaz and jesper's relationship receives more focus (kaz should kiss him as a form of apology, just saying) and if jesper's story is better developed.



[for some reason i started writing this review in english instead of portuguese on my notes app so ignore my grammar]