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Gli inganni di Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

29 reviews

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Grief, Murder, Violence, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Animal cruelty

lotten4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The dialogue was very funny and the plot changed directions a lot but still made sense. The characters and their relationships were perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Abandonment, Gore, Kidnapping, Child death, Grief, Blood, Death, Vomit, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and War

Minor: Genocide and Trafficking

claire_baco's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent and Sexual content

cynicalraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Un romanzo un po' lento a ingranare, prevedibile in certi punti, specie quando inizia a morire gente, facilissimo intuire chi saranno le vittime, dato che sono macchioline sullo sfondo con una personalità piatta come un foglio di carta

I Sanza e Cimice hanno la stessa personalità. Si capisce benissimo che muoiono dato che fra i Bastardi si distinguono solo Locke e Jean.

Avrei preferito più presenza femminile all'interno del romanzo, dato che le pochissime donne nominate o non sono presenti nella storia, o muoiono.

si salva giusto Sofia Salvara, dato che Donna Vorcenza passa giusto il testimone e decide di levarsi dai coglioni. Nazca invece era la mia preferita

 

L'ho trovato un po' ripetitivo e scontato, nonostante abbia molto apprezzato l'ingegno di Locke, la storia era sempre quella. Fa qualcosa di intelligente e finisce ne guai o viene pestato. Perché è di costituzione esile e gracile, cosa che viene enfatizzata all'estremo nel libro. Ho apprezzato che non fosse la stereotipata massa di muscoli di molti libri di simile genere, però dopo la decima volta che lo ripeti mi rompo le scatole.

in quanto alla prevedibilità era ovvio che il libro finisse con Raza e il falconiere morto.

 

Ciò che maggiormente ho  apprezzato è l'amicizia che lega i ragazzi, specie Jean e Locke. Non si leggono spesso storie di amicizie maschili che non cadano nel nulla più assoluto o che non consistano nel rimorchiare ragazze. 

In generale ho trovato la traduzione/scrittura un po' pesante. Ho tuttavia adorato il linguaggio scurrile usato dai personaggi, a volte se ne escono con insulti stupendi.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexism, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

christian08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

mscalls's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

redthistle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely loved this book.

It's a criminal underworld, con artist, swashbuckling, found family masterpiece. The characters are amazing and the plot kept me guessing. I absolutely fell in love with Locke and his band of Gentleman Bastards.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

chicareading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Child abuse

This book features, among many other things, highly creative ways in which you can torture a person. It is also a very funny book at times (the way these characters CUSS is an artform unto itself) and a very, very depressing book past the halfway mark.

Did not expect so many beloved characters to die so quickly, and horribly, but one point on locke lamora's favour is that it stuck its landing. Their deaths have innumerous consequences in the story, even if your stomach churns.

I would not recommend this book for those unable to read about descriptive injury. There are a handful of torture-oriented scenes that are minutiously disturbing - there's a bit about caskets filled with horse piss, and glass applied gruesomely to body parts, and a number of other dark comedy bits that are really DWELT upon. And this is just the offhand stuff, because once the combat starts in this book, it really gets vicious. I also took a bit of an issue with the fact there are only two (minor) female characters to be found alive and triumphant at the end of this book, specially after one Strong Female Character gets fridged (read: killed for plot-inspiration) somewhere around the start and a few more die of admittedly deserved murder. Some people may not take issue with this, but given the propensity this book has to lovingly flesh out its male cast (and it is a LARGE male cast) it felt a little lacking. That being said, The lies of Locke Lamora is a sprawling heist tale brimming with dark comedy, a grimy, gothic city of thieves, and a lot of witticisms. This is a book you read to feel like you're watching a really good action series. And albeit very long, and sometimes a little slow, it packs a lot of heart. The villains feel dangerous, the city reads as though it could chew you up and spit you out, and the ragtag team of gentlemen thieves (and their mentor, because you cannot forget old chains) genuinely latch onto your heart. The dialogue is always a joy to read, the pacing is enjoyable, but where this book really shines are in the Heist scenes. There is not only one heist in this book, but several small spurs in which our main characters have to lie through their teeth to get out of a situation, and it always had me at the edge of my seat. Locke Lamora, as a protagonist, does everything you could ever expect from a devilishly creative thief and then some more. This book makes a great use of its own carefully established mythology and environment, and by the end you'll feel some fondness for the city itself. It is gruesome, yes, but goddamn if it is not compelling. The structure in this book veers on the "cinematic". Chapters have subchapters denoted by numbers, and while this isn't a format i've ever encountered before, i think it's been used to its fullest to denote scene changes and flashbacks and flash-forwards while keeping all the themes intertwined into one singular five-knuckled punch. It feels great to read it and picture the movie playing in your head. It's a good book, all in all, but it is a thick one to get through.

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Cursing, and Death

Moderate: Classism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Slavery, Alcohol, Body shaming, Drug use, Grief, Bullying, and Vomit