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A truly strong follow up to The Lies of Locke Lamora. I must say that I was first disappointed with the beginning of the book, with it's slow start, thinking that it was going to be a repeat of the first book type of typical caper story, without the flashbacks. However, once Scott Lynch shifted the story and settings, again we meet such a great range of different characters. I have never been a big fan of fantasy on the high seas, but I enjoyed it with this great cast of charact ...more
A truly strong follow up to The Lies of Locke Lamora. I must say that I was first disappointed with the beginning of the book, with it's slow start, thinking that it was going to be a repeat of the first book type of typical caper story, without the flashbacks. However, once Scott Lynch shifted the story and settings, again we meet such a great range of different characters. I have never been a big fan of fantasy on the high seas, but I enjoyed it with this great cast of charact ...more
This is not the first book. That is the most important fact to bring to the reading table. If you want the first book all over again, then open to the first page of Lies and start over. This is Locke and Jean in a new land, older, wiser, and a little bit less cocksure. (In this, I sympathize: I, too, am no longer the immortal, immoral, devil-may-care force of nature I was in my early twenties. Locke learned similar lessons to mine, only faster and with more blood shed.). Unlike most of the reade
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"Crooked Warden, Nameless Thirteenth, your servant calls.
Thanks for deep pockets poorly guarded.
Thanks for watchmen asleep at their posts.
Thanks for the city to nurture us and the night to hide us.
Thanks for friends to help us spend the loot.
Place your blessing upon the passing of this book, 'Red Seas Under Red Skies', and grant your people, all Right People of Camorr, Tal-Verrar and Earth a most timely arrival of a sequel."
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The first book in the gentleman bastard’s series was recommended to me by a clerk at sci-fi bokhandeln (bookstore in old town in Stockholm specializing in science fiction & fantasy books and games). They are usually very good at recommendations although last couple of recommendations haven't really been to my satisfaction. The gentleman bastard’s series however can be the best recommendation I've received so far. After only two books the series it's competing for a "my favorite book series of al
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I loved it! I have to say though, if the third book was not out yet and I had to live with this tantalizing ending for long I would have pulled my hair out, good thing the third book is out! :)
Great book, but not nearly as good as the first. The cons, in my opinion, just were not nearly as interesting as they were in "Lies." It was a great book nonetheless. I cannot wait to find out how several things play out in the next book. Even though this is not my normal favorite "high fantasy", I highly recommend series for anyone who loves to read fantasy.
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Not as solid as the first but overall a very entertaining read for fans of the first in the Gentleman Bastards sequence. Great action and great humor. The ending was just a little weak but I'm sure it will be redeemed in part 3.
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Oct 23, 2013
Rudra Roy
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Jul 04, 2014
Gavin Lowe
marked it as to-read
