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Loved it. I'll admit it took me awhile to get familiar with the world. Moreso than usual with fantasy novels, which always take some getting used to. And it took awhile to make clear that this was not a spires and wizards tale a la T.H. White. In fact that's one of the things that endeared me to it in the end. Without going dark, it played as a believable telling of ruffians in an ancient world of magic. I love Joe Abercrombie and Patrick Rothfuss, and because of them I don't need another dark g
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Feb 23, 2012
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This one *slowly* won me over. I really enjoyed the brash intro, but then the tale of the title character's carefully plotted long-cons in an alternate late medieval world (with a few magical trappings) seemed stuck in an amusing-but-not-engaging mode. I almost put it down.
But half-way through things picked up considerably with a introduction of a worthy nemesis, and the last third of the book had me truly hooked. I'm interested in the next in the series, and hope that it will be consistently s ...more
But half-way through things picked up considerably with a introduction of a worthy nemesis, and the last third of the book had me truly hooked. I'm interested in the next in the series, and hope that it will be consistently s ...more
I feel vaguely unsettled that I had never heard of this book before stumbling across it on a GoodReads list. What else is out there that I've missed?
The Lies of Locke Lamora is fantasy in the best sense. There's very, very little magic involved. It takes place in something resembling Renaissance Italy, and follows a band of thieves as they train, mature, and end up out on their own.
As a first book, it flows very well, though there are rough spots, and you can sense the author trying to master t ...more
The Lies of Locke Lamora is fantasy in the best sense. There's very, very little magic involved. It takes place in something resembling Renaissance Italy, and follows a band of thieves as they train, mature, and end up out on their own.
As a first book, it flows very well, though there are rough spots, and you can sense the author trying to master t ...more
Michael Page's narration of this is superb. He nails the rapier-sharp dialogue and exchanges. Even though there are some plot conveniences this is still a masterpiece. I hope Lynch returns to these characters and world.
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Took me a few chapters to get into but after that I had to know what was coming next. I read the last quarter of the book in a rush, holding my breath to see if they would make it.
Aug 02, 2010
Matt Allain
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