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I just finished Six of Crows so spoilers for that if you haven’t read it (you’ve been warned)
I knew some things going into shadow and bone and talking to others who’ve read the book but nothing. and I mean nothing could have prepared me for illiterate Wylan. when Van Eck started saying how he didn’t care about his son and how he wouldn’t be a true heir I filled thought he was gonna say something like “he’s not my heir because he’ll never have an heir of his own!” and just totally out him as gay and be homophobic but then come to find out he can't read!!?!?!?? it just absolutely came out of nowhere and I was so not expecting it.
it’s literally the thing I’ve been thinking about most since I finished the book. definitely the biggest plot twist for me. Like Jesper's a Grisha? yeah ok. Nina takes the drug? exciting but not shocking. Wylan “chemist, mathematician, and map maker” Van Eck can't read? absolutely bonkers, never saw it coming, I thought his dad was just highly homophobic