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The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
by Scott Lynch (Goodreads Author)
Jon's review
bookshelves: fiction, fantasy, read-in-my-40s, liked-it
Apr 03, 13
bookshelves: fiction, fantasy, read-in-my-40s, liked-it
Recommended to Jon by:
Alternative World October 2009 Selection
Read from October 18 to November 02, 2009, read count: 1
3 stars
The lies and deceit took center stage in this story. Pales in comparison to the Amazon-GoodReads tale from late March 2013 though. To get to the truth and sift through the facts, look no further than my review here: http://bit.ly/Z23RcL
The lies and deceit took center stage in this story. Pales in comparison to the Amazon-GoodReads tale from late March 2013 though. To get to the truth and sift through the facts, look no further than my review here: http://bit.ly/Z23RcL
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Reading Progress
| 10/18/2009 | page 1 |
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0.14% | |
| 10/18/2009 | page 16 |
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2.23% | "Slogging through the Prologue" 2 comments |
| 10/19/2009 | page 25 |
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3.48% | "Starting part 7 of the Prologue" |
| 10/20/2009 | page 41 |
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5.7% | "Starting Part I - Ambition" |
| 10/21/2009 | page 84 |
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11.68% | "Roll out the barrel of Bug" |
| 10/24/2009 | page 121 |
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16.83% | "Second Interlude ~ Locke Stays for Dinner" |
| 10/24/2009 | page 149 |
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20.72% | "In the middle of Chapter Three - Imaginary Men" |
| 10/25/2009 | page 179 |
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24.9% | "Starting the third interlude ~ The Last Mistake" |
| 10/25/2009 | page 200 |
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27.82% | "Starting Part II ~ Complication" |
| 10/27/2009 | page 244 |
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33.94% | "Part 9 of Chapter Four ~ At the Court of Capa Barsavi ... an unexpected proposal" |
| 10/27/2009 | page 276 |
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38.39% | "Starting chapter five 'The Gray King'" |
| 10/27/2009 | page 304 |
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42.28% | "Interlude with Jean Tannen ... and finally we have some sorcery to liven things up." |
| 10/28/2009 | page 345 |
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47.98% | "This plot keeps twisting and leaving sanity behind in its dust." |
| 10/29/2009 | page 361 |
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50.21% | "Jean is tutored in how to kill a man with a sword" |
| 10/29/2009 | page 383 |
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53.27% | "Starting 'Up the River' Interlude" |
| 10/29/2009 | page 393 |
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54.66% | "Locke is off to a strange new place." |
| 10/30/2009 | page 412 |
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57.3% | "The Gray King is dead ... or is he?" |
| 10/30/2009 | page 446 |
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62.03% | "At the heart of the Spider's web . . ." |
| 10/30/2009 | page 451 |
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62.73% | "Now there's a foundation we can build upon ... indeed!" |
| 10/31/2009 | page 477 |
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66.34% | "... the flames begin to rise." |
| 11/01/2009 | page 542 |
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75.38% | "Locke supposes he'll be rash." |
| 11/01/2009 | page 578 |
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80.39% | "Locke struts in disguise to relieve Don Slavara of a few thousand crowns ... Again." |
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Nov 02, 2009 11:26am
" . . . a cast of characters making a mad dash toward malignancy . . ." Yes! That's what I found the most off-putting about this book, among others such as you have mentioned.
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Very nice Jon...lol.My mom used to say that the use of bad language was an excuse for a poor vocabulary. As a kid we just laughed and repeated the bad word... now as an adult I entirely agree.
I'm thinking this may go to the out pile.
Reserved for friends for seven days, then one of the nearly 75 wishlisters will snag it.
Happy Mooching!
Jon
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Thanks for this review, I was considering Lies, and now I won't bother. The things I dislike in a novel are the same you mentioned. Thanks for saving me from wasting my time.
Ok, so you want the characters in the book to swear unrealistically. I love unrealistic characters.Of course, this review is written by a guy who said, "I felt compelled to finish the story, vainly pursuing relevant truth through the morass of deception." You are obviously the person to judge whether a book is written well or not.
Hope my sarcasm is clear, because I'm laying it on pretty thick.
