Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo
Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone. . . .
A convict with a thirst for revenge
A sharpshooter who can’t walk away from a wager
A runaway with a privileged past
A spy known as the Wraith
A Heartrender using her magic to survive the slums
A thief with a gift for unlikely escapes
Kaz’s crew is the only thing that might stand between the world and destruction—if they don’t kill each other first.
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Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Ableism and ableist language, persecution for witchcraft (central theme), indentured servitude and slavery
- Forced underaged sex work recounted
- Child abuse recounted, abandonment and disownment
- Substance and gambling addiction, panic attack (implied) and nightmares
- Coerced suicide (implied)
- Alcohol consumption, recreational drug use, drugging without consent, forced and coerced drug dependency
- Blood and gore depiction, graphic physical injuries, eyeball trauma, emesis, medical experimentation, dead bodies, plague, body modifications (with consent)
- Grief depiction and death of a father, brother, family and friend
- Murder, attempted murder, physical assault, knife and gun violence, torture, strangulation, explosions
- Kidnapping, captivity, incarceration, loss of autonomy, drowning
- Animal death, animal attack, death by an animal attack and animal fighting rings
- Bullying
*Appropriation of religious and cultural clothing discussed