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The Lies of Locke Lamora - Community Reviews back

by Scott Lynch
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Book Haunt
Book Haunt rated it 7 years ago
He is known as The Thorn of Camorr, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. The Thorn is a master swordsman, a great romancer of women, and a ghost who walks through walls. The Thorn is a commoner’s tale. Locke Lamora is nothing more than a Gentleman Bastard, who has mastered the art of the ...
Book Haunt
Book Haunt rated it 9 years ago
He is known as The Thorn of Camorr, who steals from the rich and gives to the poor. The Thorn is a master swordsman, a great romancer of women, and a ghost who walks through walls. The Thorn is a commoner’s tale...Locke Lamora is nothing more than a Gentleman Bastard, who has mastered the art of t...
The Professor
The Professor rated it 9 years ago
“This is a necessary nonsense.” One of those books the first page or two convinced me to try and while it took time to click when it did it clicked hard. Switching between back story, set-up and heist, Locke Lamora and his gang of thieving “Gentlemen Bastards” are a lot of fun to spend time with in ...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it 9 years ago
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch **Disclaimer: I read this book several months ago, and no, I didn't reread it before writing this review, so the accuracy of my recollections are questionable. However, I want to jot down my feelings about the first book before starting the second. Let's s...
deannahello
deannahello rated it 9 years ago
I'm incredibly far behind on my reviews I'm catching up today so sorry for clogging up everyone's feed. Lies of Locke Lamora was a co worker recommend. So thank you co worker even though you'll probably never read this.I bought this book awhile ago and it took me ages to get started. I'm glad I did....
Book it Chewie
Book it Chewie rated it 9 years ago
I have a rather unfortunate soft spot for Arrogant, Swaggering Shitkickers With Hearts of Gold (Even if it's Gold in the Sense that Cheap Christmas Ornaments are Gold) and really rather gross, slummy settings in fantasy. It's like Camorr and the Gentlemen Bastards were made for me. I enjoyed this,...
SSkorkowsky
SSkorkowsky rated it 9 years ago
I first became aware of Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard Series when I saw Republic of Thieves in a local bookstore. Being a huge fan of Venetian Carnival, the cover instantly grabbed my attention, but once I had realized it was the third book in a series, I held off on it. Finally I picked up the fi...
Blogging Between the Lines
Blogging Between the Lines rated it 9 years ago
Fucking Fantastic.
for the record
for the record rated it 10 years ago
I was kind of on the fence with this book the whole time I was reading it.Although the concept of the plot was interesting from the beginning, it was kind of slow and it literally took about 250 pages before it got exciting. The descriptions in this book are very detailed, which I know some people r...
Steamy reads with a dollop of magic, mystery and hot... hot men
Rollicking adventure read with some excellent twists, characters you come to love and some major shocks. Kept me glued to the page until late into the night.
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