Reviews

Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

letta's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

cjroyg's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful tense fast-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? No

4.25

mllejoyeuxnoel's review

4.0

Just as well-written and enjoyable as all the others. A fine buddy-cop kind of a plot! I give this as I did the previous installment four stars only because Eugenides is the most intriguing thing about this series; I absolutely adore him, and there wasn't nearly enough of him in this book. If Eugenides were a radio station, he'd be the number one programmed slot in my car. ALL EUGENIDES ALL THE TIME!

jedbird's review against another edition

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

4.5

I really enjoyed the perspective of Kamet, the slave of the Mede ambassador Nahuseresh. Believing Nahuseresh murdered, and very confident he will be killed as a routine part of the murder investigation, Kamet runs away and meets up with an Attolian guard and forms an alliance. This is a great friendship story, and a great story about Kamet daring to want things for himself. 

katieinca's review

4.0

Man, she really kept us guessing with this one. We were 80% sure (and ended up being right) that we knew who the POV character was from earlier books. Similarly sure about what was probably the biggest twist,

Spoiler

that Nahusaresh wasn't actually dead

. But we were paranoid and waited for other reveals that never came, while another medium sized reveal snuck right past us. But the journey was fun regardless.
Although I will say that this author/world has weird perspectives on slavery that I found distracting (the Medes as a country are terrible, and one of the ways we know that is how their empire relies on slavery and how they treat their slaves, and our POV character finds all that strange. Meanwhile, the countries our heroes are from also have horribly treated slaves, etc.) .

allyordyna's review against another edition

adventurous slow-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

smartinez9's review

4.0

I mean, I wanted Kamet and the Attolian to end up together, but I still marvel at the brilliance that is Megan Whalen Turner and all the ways that Eugenides will covertly fuck you over for your own good.

rlou's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.0

klarial's review

5.0

Megan Whalen Turner has done it again. The world, the characters, the plot, the writing, it's all perfection.

deneenernst's review

adventurous emotional tense slow-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