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I'll move this to the 'have you read?' thread once the urgency is past...

Leigh Bardugo's Grish trilo, and the subsequent duo, are all on sale on audible. Sale ends tonight.


The heist element to SIX OF CROWS and sequel calls to me.
The fact that it's a sequel to a trilo people seem to be utterly divided about does the opposite.


Internut comments range from 'You MUST read the original trilo' to 'i could not get through the first book of the original trilo'.


Wert's thread on the original is neutral.


Was SIX OF CROWS that good?
Was the original trilo THAT bad?
Am i going to be annoyed reading SIX without having read the trilo?

[Tiste Simeon]

I want to be really unhelpful by telling you I've read none of it but to falsely raise your hopes for a second when you see someone has replied to the thread. Cheers.

[QuickTidal]

SIX OF CROWS and CROOKED KINGDOM are amazing. And I liked the original trilogy...but yeah, do the duology...just know minor spoilers for the original tril are evident...but not dealbreakers. It takes place a few years later so things that just ARE in it are that way because of the OT.

Reading the OT first will only really enhance your grasp of the magic system/universe...the plots are almost entirely separate. So you won’t be annoyed, it just may take a bit longer to grasp the magic abilities...

I recommend the duology as Bardugo’s writing had improved, and the characters are far more engaging.

Hope that helps.

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 28 February 2020 - 07:53 PM

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QuickTidal, on 28 February 2020 - 07:51 PM, said:

SIX OF CROWS and CROOKED KINGDOM are amazing. And I liked the original trilogy...but yeah, do the duology...just know minor spoilers for the original tril are evident...but not dealbreakers. It takes place a few years later so things that just ARE in it are that way because of the OT.

Reading the OT first will only really enhance your grasp of the magic system/universe...the plots are almost entirely separate. So you won't be annoyed, it just may take a bit longer to grasp the magic abilities...

I recommend the duology as Bardugo's writing had improved, and the characters are far more engaging.

Hope that helps.

Tnx muchly.


Care to speculate, am i likely to regret not grabbing the OT on sale because i'm so blown away i want to know the whole story?

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Tiste Simeon, on 28 February 2020 - 07:29 PM, said:

I want to be really unhelpful by telling you I've read none of it but to falsely raise your hopes for a second when you see someone has replied to the thread. Cheers.

Die.


...wait, no.... lick unwashed lepergoats, get a Terry Goodkind cover tattoo on your neck, THEN die.

[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 28 February 2020 - 08:40 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 28 February 2020 - 07:51 PM, said:

SIX OF CROWS and CROOKED KINGDOM are amazing. And I liked the original trilogy...but yeah, do the duology...just know minor spoilers for the original tril are evident...but not dealbreakers. It takes place a few years later so things that just ARE in it are that way because of the OT.

Reading the OT first will only really enhance your grasp of the magic system/universe...the plots are almost entirely separate. So you won't be annoyed, it just may take a bit longer to grasp the magic abilities...

I recommend the duology as Bardugo's writing had improved, and the characters are far more engaging.

Hope that helps.

Tnx muchly.


Care to speculate, am i likely to regret not grabbing the OT on sale because i'm so blown away i want to know the whole story?

Hard to say. To be honest, the character that most interested me from the OT got his own books that take place after SIX anyways...the OT is more YA good girl and bad boy will they won’t they...so I doubt you’ll feel like you’re missing much.

If you like the duology you can just move onto King Of Scars.

[Tiste Simeon]

Abyss, on 28 February 2020 - 08:42 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 28 February 2020 - 07:29 PM, said:

I want to be really unhelpful by telling you I've read none of it but to falsely raise your hopes for a second when you see someone has replied to the thread. Cheers.

Die.


...wait, no.... lick unwashed lepergoats, get a Terry Goodkind cover tattoo on your neck, THEN die.

That's a horrible thing to say to a person z! I'm shocked! A Goodkind tattoo! You go too far...

[Macros]

To play the other side of the record.

Six of crows is not very good, I only read book 2 because I had bought them together.

A very poor man's YA Lies of Locke L'amour, with an equally disappointing follow up