The Lies of Locke Lamora, by Scott Lynch
Jul. 12th, 2007 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liakuDamn good book. Damn good book. No, not the thrill ride from GRRM, it lacks a certain degree of unseen twists (I saw most of them coming, the only one I missed was the one I really should've expected), but the scheming is wonderful. Positively delightful.
As for the twist I didn't see... well, I knew in the back of my head that my favorite characters would die but for some reason, I was really, really surprised when they did. You know some characters just exude this air of immortality? Well, they did. And they died. I was pleased with the sinking of the ship at the end and other tributes to the dead throughout.
Sadly, out of all the Gentleman Bastards, the one I liked least was Jean. This is to say that I really don't care about him in general. Much prefer the Sanza brothers or Bug.
Did not like Gray King as a villain (didn't care about him either), though I loved hating Falconer.
And yes, I believe that was another 600+ page monster that I devoured in a single day.
I do recommend it. It's Lynch's first published work too, apparently, and it is phenomenal.
As for the twist I didn't see... well, I knew in the back of my head that my favorite characters would die but for some reason, I was really, really surprised when they did. You know some characters just exude this air of immortality? Well, they did. And they died. I was pleased with the sinking of the ship at the end and other tributes to the dead throughout.
Sadly, out of all the Gentleman Bastards, the one I liked least was Jean. This is to say that I really don't care about him in general. Much prefer the Sanza brothers or Bug.
Did not like Gray King as a villain (didn't care about him either), though I loved hating Falconer.
And yes, I believe that was another 600+ page monster that I devoured in a single day.
I do recommend it. It's Lynch's first published work too, apparently, and it is phenomenal.