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

Scott Lynch

Start date: March 21, 2017

Finish date: April 11, 2017

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Jul 03, 2022 Carrie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mgr, fantasy, own, debut

When I first started LLL I had to put it down because I was still kinda slumping. I wasn't sure it was me or the book. It was me, this book is fantastic. The Locke is such an interesting character, a bloody hilarious great character.

Sooo many good quotes from this book. I have tabbed so much humor and sass. One minute I'm laughing then gasping with my hand covering my mouth because like a switch Scott Lynch can change the mood.

Can not wait to read the next book.

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Nov 17, 2014 Jim marked it as did-not-finish

Shelves: 2fiction, 1paper, fantasy, 3series

Try again sometime. A lot of my friends have liked it, but neither Marg nor I could seem to get into it. My excuse is that my reading has been a bit scattered. I could only get in a couple of lunch time reads, but I found my eyes glazing over today.

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Nov 23, 2014 mina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I was genuinely fascinated by this book only by reading a few first pages. Very recommended. I read the last third of the book during the early morning on Sunday, I could not put it down even to have breakfast.

It is a crime story set in a fantasy world, but the protagonists are the thieves. Always love reading about (can we say) successful, smart, witty, charming thieves, with a certain morale standard. Every one member of the Gentleman Bastards (and the con man who invented them) are totally li ...more

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Mar 29, 2016 Tom rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

This book is tied with Leviathan Wakes for my favorite book this year (so far). The fact that I got pointed to both books from Goodreads speaks well for the community.

This is a gritty heist/con-artist story, set in a fantasy world with magical beasts, lords and ladies, impossible castles, alchemy, etc. Our (semi) hero is Locke Lamora, a street-raised orphan-thief who has the singular super-power of being the world's greatest bullshit artist. His lies first get him stuck in some very difficult co ...more

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Dec 04, 2015 Clarita rated it liked it

Приятно четиво, а ла пикареска. Приятни персонажи. Май това е, което - поне аз - мога да кажа по въпроса:).

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Sep 11, 2007 Tani rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, male-author, five-stars

I started out a little lukewarm on this book; I was interested, but not enough to put down anything else I was reading to devote my attention just to this. The story of how Locke initially came to become a Gentleman Bastard was engaging, but didn't grab my attention the way that later parts of the story did. It was only once Locke was well and truly a Gentleman Bastard that I really was drawn into this.

I adored the relationship between all the Gentleman Bastards. It was what really made the sto ...more

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