Shadow and Bone

I had read this because it received glowing excitement from many people I know and they were excited for the show, so I figured I'd give it a go. I bought all the books, including Six of Crows, anticipating to love it and very quickly was underwhelmed and disappointed. There is a glaring issue with fat people in this book and the first chapters especially do NOT let you forget it. Nearly EVERY vaguely unpleasant character, or person we're supposed to hate, is described with some derogatory way of being fat or chubby or filled out while simultaneously emphasizing how skinny the protagonist is. First time or two, I was trying to convince myself it was a fluke, just a one or two time mistake, but it just kept happening. I finished the book and was underwhelmed with the story in general and didn't feel engaged enough to continue, so I returned them all.

Honestly enjoyed the show more than I expected based off of reading the book, and might pick up Six of Crows one day because I hear it's much better in pretty much all ways.