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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)

Scott Lynch

Start date: January 14, 2016

Discussion: 2016 Monthly challenges

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Jan 21, 2020 Christina added it · review of another edition

Shelves: unfinished

I own a lot of books I haven't read yet. It's not because I don't WANT to read them, oh, no - it's because I ALSO check a lot of books out of the library, and those books have due dates, so I read them first. So this year I decided to list out the books I own that I haven't read yet, and assign them to a playing card, and using that method, The Lies of Locke Lamora was slated to be the first of these books I finally read.

It...didn't go so well. Excuse me while I dash into the phone booth to chan ...more

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Sep 29, 2021 Jessica McLaren rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Well, this book is delightful. It's dark, violent, takes a while for the world building to make sense, but the payoffs sprinkled through the book are incredible. I almost never re-read books, but I can see myself revisiting this one to see if I can catch the clues and breadcrumbs that lead to such a complicated and masterfully executed final act.

The city state of Camorr is almost its own character. The book lingers on descriptions of locations, and not once did I skip over these vivid scenes. Re ...more

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Apr 11, 2016 Heather Wescott rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed the audiobook version of this story, it was a great performance. I'm looking forward to listening to more as the series continues! ...more

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Apr 06, 2022 Ana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, 2022, 2022-april, 2022-orilium-spring-equinox

I loved the first half

I enjoyed the characters and the first half of the plot as they fooled everyone. But that middle bit when the violence started knocked this book down in enjoyment. The writing was really goid and there were a lot of twists and turns, but not so much happiness.

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