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Jun 17, 2019
This was an AMAZING book. Each of the characters were incredibly well fleshed out, with a complex backstory that wasn't just explained in the beginning. Although this was my first Leigh Bardugo book (Six of Crows made me want to read her other series taking place in the Grishaverse), it immediately became clear that the author is a master of 'show not tell'. The character's personalities and histories weren't just laid out for you like most authors do. Information was slowly fed to you, and you had to figure out your opinion of the characters, with the exception of when you were reading the POV of a character with a strong opinion of said character (ex. Nina and Matthias or Kaz and Inej). This book was kind of a slow read though. I'm an incredibly fast reader, and could normally read a book of that length in a day or two. However, it took five days, due to Bardugo's writing style, and the complexity of the plot. My only complaint is that Jesper was not nearly fleshed out enough. He was given little to no backstory, and was just sort of thrown out into the plot with every character going, "Oh, he's a gambler." Gambling was just sort of his personality. Even in the description, they called him "A sharpshooter that can't walk away from a wager." He has so much potential, which is just wasted on 'the gambler and person who could be incredibly important to the plot, but then ended up basically a glorified side character.