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The Thief (The Queen's Thief, #1)

Megan Whalen Turner

Start date: April 2, 2012

Finish date: April 30, 2012

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Jul 29, 2017 Lesa Divine rated it it was ok

Shelves: library, read-it, audio-book, read-a-thon, 2017, botm-selection

I just believe this story was too slow for me. Too much storytelling and not much action. I hoped for more.
Gen a thief that's arrested and is seek out by the King to steal a ancient stone from the queen of Attolia. So he journey with the Magus and his people going on this journey they come across some issues blah, blah and they they sit around telling their own version of this stone and whatnot.
I've heard from a lot of people that read this book saying part 1 is a bit slow but these rest of the ...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Natalie rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own, fantasy, for-class

Beginning was fairly slow and uneventful but once the action started it really took off and the ending was quite good. More review to follow soon.

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Oct 23, 2024 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, fantasy, young-adult, hoopla-audio, hoopla-ebook

This book was very well written. It is the rare fantasy novel that is character driven rather than plot driven. The story is about the men traveling together rather than the quest itself. The characters are complex and interesting and I look forward to seeing where they go next in future books in the series.

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