How 'Six of Crows' gets representation right!!

When I first started reading the 'Six of Crows' I thought it would be a typical ya series, but as I kept on reading, it ending up blowing my mind!!

For those of you who don't know, Six of Crows is a fantasy duology written by Leigh Bardugo. It is mainly set in the city of Ketterdam, based on Amsterdam, and tells the story of six people in their late teens who, due to various circumstances, get involved in a mission to rescue a powerful scientist.

While the storyline of the series is well written and fast paced with many twists and turns, the main highlight of the books for me was the representation and diversity of the main characters.

The diversity found in the duology is tremendous. Kaz, a disabled boy shown to have PTSD and not being able to touch anyone due to past trauma, or Inej, also a person with PTSD who constantly gets flashbacks, or Nina, a plus size bi girl fighting addiction, or Jesper, a bi boy with a gambling addiction, or Matthias, a soldier with anger issues who has been severely brainwashed, or Wylan, a gay boy with dyslexia.

All of this diversity has been written so well by the author. This diversity is often mentioned throughout the series giving the characters proper representation, but without it becoming a character trait of theirs. 

Inej and Matthias are also shown to be very religious, but even though they both follow different religions, we don't see them fighting. Both of them respect each other and even though conflicts do arise between them, it's not due to their religious beliefs. 

Like I mentioned earlier, Matthias has been severely brainwashed, this is done by the people of his country who are also very religious, but while he overcomes their brainwashing, and changes his opinion on them, his views for his country and religion remain the same. It shows us how people are different from their religions or countries and our views on them should remain separated.

Inej and Jesper are also shown to be people of colour.

This way I find that this duology by Bardugo is seriously amazing and you should definitely give it a read!!

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