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

Scott Lynch

Start date: January 14, 2016

Discussion: 2016 Monthly challenges

Why we're reading this: It looks interesting. I've never read anything by Scott Lynch. It's the first in a series.…more
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Aug 11, 2015 Sarah rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy

First re-read for probably about 8 years. My legendarily terrible memory meant that I'd forgotten almost everything except how much I'd loved this book, so pretty much the entire plot was a complete surprise.

What a fantastically rich world, brilliant characters, intricate heists, almost more fun than should be legal in one novel. (view spoiler) ...more

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Mar 28, 2018 Christine H rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a difficult one to review. The things I liked were in the four-star range, whereas the things I didn't like so much weren't actively negative, but rather just kind of blah.

What I liked:

- An interesting fantasy world that assertively rejects the hobbits-and-elves framework. This goes for more realism - many of the elements could have taken place in a non-magical Renaissance Venice. But this version of Venice is built on the remnants of a technologically advanced, long-vanished civilizati ...more

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Jul 03, 2018 Debbie rated it liked it

When I noticed that Patrick Rothfuss was the first reviewer for this book on Goodreads, I had just finished reading Name of the Wind. Although I didn’t love that book either, I recognized Rothfuss’s artistry for character development, plot construction, and world building. I thought maybe Scott Lynch would have all of those things too - like attracts like, afterall - but maybe Lynch’s style would be more to my liking.

I think it is. At some points, the description of setting was clever, and the ...more

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