I loved LLL but hated Red Seas Under Red Skies. It's rare that my husband Dorian loves a book that I don't, but that was the case this time, unfortunately. Maybe it's because I had high expectations, but it was only because I loved LLL that I kept reading at all. First, every other chapter is set in...
The Republic of Thieves is the third book in Scott Lynch’s ongoing Gentleman Bastard series. Wait! Where you going? You don’t need to be familiar with the series to read this review. All you need is some tolerance for paragraphs of prattle.The series (so far) is basically about the adventures of Loc...
Slightly less impressed by this one, I must say. The only time I actually enjoy politics is when it's glossed over very well with a fantasy veneer, so I was excited to read about the main plot for Republic of Thieves. However - more of the story was spent on the past Gentlemen Bastards rather than...
I loved The Lies of Locke Lamora. I was underwhelmed with Red Seas Under Red Skies. Lynch's 3rd Gentleman Bastards novel is a great improvement over the second book, but not as stellar as the first. The Republic of Thieves is two stories. The first picks up right after the end of Red Seas Under Red ...
I thought this was a trilogy and now I'm gonna have to wait on pins and needles for the next book. I've fallen in love with these characters and their schemes.
For good and for bad, the Gentleman Bastards books are usually two stories running concurrently - the main plot and a concurrent tale in another timeline. But in its way, this one was sort of three stories running at the same time, and it worked out to the detriment of the book for me. Overall, I fo...
Perhaps my expectations were set too high thanks to the first two books in this series. I think the author could have cut out completely all the back story regarding the putting on the play - it was boring and found myself skimming these sections. There were plenty of other ways to tell us Locke's ...
The third book in Scott Lynch's Gentleman Bastard sequence moves the conflict to yet another part of the world, explores the intricate politics of Karthain, and delivers the long-awaited return of Locke's love interest, Sabetha.The narrative again follows two alternating timelines: the present, in w...
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