Made me go back to the days when I was reading Game of Thrones.
But in Six of Crows the problem is solved by giving everybody their own PoV. Being limited to just one character in the Grisha trilogy was really one of the things that brought the series down for me, because at times I found Alina’s struggles to be insignificant and I just wanted to read about someone else *coughdarklingcough*. It’s harder to do, yes, but it’s much more rewarding. Third person perspective has more potential when it comes to adding more information for the reader to digest. And that also limited the scope of the story to just one character. Another thing that bothered me with the Grisha trilogy was the usage of 1st person limited in the detriment of third person. Six of Crows not only has already pre-established worldbuilding from the Grisha trilogy but it expands upon it, adding culture, economy, flavor to the different countries present in this duology. True, believable worldbuilding is hard to do and Shadow and Bone was Leigh Bardugo’s debut novel, but I don’t think a little more effort invested into a bit more worldbuilding would have been unwelcome.
On of the things that I think broke The Grisha trilogy for me was the paper thin attempt at worldbuilding. I would not be surprised if the Grisha universe is expanded to contain other characters, more stories, more events and so on. While it was rather poorly rendered overall in the Grisha trilogy itself, the Grisha universe is one that I would not mind reading more books about, in the same way as let’s say Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere – I’ve already read the first books for 4 of Brandon Sanderson’s series. This was a surprisingly well done sequel to Six of Crows and because I have read both of Leigh Bardugo’s series simultaneously, I can draw better comparisons and note some of the things that worked in this series and didn’t in the Grisha trilogy.īut before I do that lemme just say that the Grisha universe has so much potential, for so many other characters to grow and expand.
Thank you, Madda… >.> Ok, lemme just gather my thoughts. Goddammit! My sister’s been making it hard for me to start my review for this damn book. May contain spoilers! Read at your own risk! This is my first proper read of the year – Name of the Wind does not count because it was a DNF and a reread all rolled into a pretty unsatisfying package XP – I know I started it last year and only now I am gotten around to actually finishing it, but well the format of the book was rather off-putting despite the prettiness.
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