[Actual rating 3.75; close but not quite a 4] 
 This is a book that I feel slightly torn about. It has one, for me, major issue, which is that of the characters' supposed ages. To me, none of their ages seemed appropriate, or even plausible, and this was something that, every time it was brought up, or Kaz was referred to as a boy, made me cringe. I know that this is a Young Adult novel, and I know that these are supposed to cater to younger readers and I think it's great that young(er) people are given strong fictional characters to identify with, but a mere three - four years would've made a huge, positive, difference. 
 There were also some "typical" YA eye rolling moments and some frustrated too-obvious turn of events, and the first half of Six of Crows had me convinced that this would be a low three for me; an ok if not overly thrilling book, one I was fairly sure would take me some time to finish - but I actually feel that Six of Crows got better as I turned the pages! 
 The part (view spoiler)[[the meet with Van Eck at the Vellgeluk] (hide spoiler)] very near the ending was slightly too evident, but perhaps it wasn't possible to write it much different. Either way, it did leave me wanting to read the sequels.