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In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can’t rest for long—and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing the proceeds for themselves. This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele—and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior…and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the house’s cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way up the nine floors…straight to Requin’s teeming vault. Under the cloak of false identities, they meticulously make their climb—until they are closer to the spoils than ever. But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duo’s secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough.…

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The author suffered major A.D.D. with his storyline and flops around several times between plots that lead nowhere. It's almost as if he had two completely different ideas for novels but couldn't quite fill in t...more...]]> 3 13 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 16 09:43:30 -0800 2009 Mon Apr 27 06:55:11 -0700 2009 1. Had anyone raise eyebrows. Ever. Seriously, anyone who raised their eyebrows as much as your "witty" characters did would not only have very unattractively wrinkled foreheads (heaven forbid, how could they slay ...more...]]> 4 1 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 26 21:04:10 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 07 04:16:25 -0800 2008
yay: I love the 'verse (hell, I requested fic in this 'verse for Yuletide) and all of its characters. It's fantastic to see a sexually egalitarian society. Male heroes, female heroes, male villains, female villains; gay, bi, s...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 21:38:10 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 14:49:20 -0700 2007
The last one was a fun caper involving high-stakes thieving scams intertwined with personal vendettas and manipulating kingpins. This one is essentially the same thing in a new ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 18:21:46 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 15:26:44 -0700 2007 Red Seas Under Red Skies is the next book in Lynch's The Gentleman Bastards sequence, following the marvelous The Lies of Locke Lamora. In this volume,Locke and Jean Tannen have landed in Tal Verrar and are plotting a typically
grandiose casino heist. But as is the normal c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 03 05:09:54 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 07:01:44 -0800 2009
»Oceans Eleven meets Pirates Of The Caribbean«
(Tarantino Style)

Bei diesem Roman handelt es sich um den zweiten Band der »Gentleman Bastard Sequence« des Autoren, dessen ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:00:43 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:21:29 -0800 2009 The Lies of Locke Lamora. In fact, enough so that at one point I got annoyed; Locke and Jean are in the middle of a splendid con when they get involved in another scheme against their will, soon are out of their depth and struggling desperately not to salvage the...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:51:25 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:51:48 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 3 1 false true Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 07:45:44 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 07:53:05 -0700 2009
On the one hand, any book with Jean Tannen can only be so bad. On the other hand, I felt bait and switched by the plot. The f...more...]]> 3 1 false true Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 11:44:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 05:56:21 -0700 2009 Red Seas Under Red Skies isn't as good as The Lies of Locke Lamora, that's for sure. It careers between a plot which involves the Bondsmagi to begin with, but the threat of the Bondsmagi themselves is left undeveloped, choosing to instead turn to the plot of the Archon, the military leader of Tal Ve...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:08:56 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 09:17:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 17 19:33:20 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 19:40:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 06:52:25 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 08:04:59 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 07:33:40 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 10 15:44:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 12:44:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 08:18:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 08:04:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 16:03:33 -0800 2009
On the Sexy Thrilling Action which so characterized Lies: I'd heard the books were suppose...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 17 13:56:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 14:00:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 07:41:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:25:56 -0700 2009 1 Scott Lynch follows up The Lies of Locke Lamora with another summer-action-movie-plot-in-a-robust-fantasy-world story. Lynch reminds me a great deal of George Lucas: excellent world builder but underwhelming story teller.

The book sets off with a similar premise to the first novel, a sca...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 11:41:13 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 10:23:10 -0700 2009 more...]]>