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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lynch is able to pull of a really impressive feat of layering the schemes of his protagonists so that you never get bored.
This book didn’t have the same emotional depth as the first, but it’s undeniably exciting.
This book didn’t have the same emotional depth as the first, but it’s undeniably exciting.
Strong follow-up to to Lynch's refreshingly original fantasy The Lies of Locke Lamora. Again, it's Locke and Jean -- a fun and interesting a Fritz Leiberesque rogue's duo -- taking a turn in a plot that's a bit Ocean's 11 by way of a hybridized Pirates of The Caribbean and Aubrey Maturin swashbuckling.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
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:
Yes
better than the first one, probably deserves 3.5 stars instead of 3. the plot's often kinda silly, and the characters and their conversations frequently lack any realism or believability. They feel like what you might write if you'd seen plenty soap operas but neglected to actually speak with another human being. Conversations and character interactions seem to be contrivances by which the author achieves plot points, and often don't have any bearing on how one would expect the characters to talk and behave.
slow-paced
After this volume, Scott Lynch sees himself right near the top of my favourite author's list, wedged firmly between the likes of Patrick Rothfuss and George R.R. Martin. Lynch's style is different from the both of them, but without any doubt shares a certain quality of excellence.
I took quite a break between reading this book and the first (The Lies of Locke Lamora). I took the break because Lies ended on a rather heavy note. I tried to go straight from it into this one, and found myself needing a breather which is completely out of the ordinary for me. I typically fly through a series, or even an authors entire body of work.
After finishing this one, however, ye Gods, if the third volume was already available (The Republic of Thieves) I'd be onto it in a heart beat. Red Seas ended on a cliff hanger... Of a sort. I don't want to give the wrong impression here. The story does not simply end in the middle or anything of the kind. The story woven within Red Seas is more than satisfactorily concluded... There is however an important thread which carries on forward. And already I risk saying too much so I shan't say more other than that I burn for the next volume!
If you read and enjoyed Lies, you know what to expect, and there is a passing good chance you'll enjoy Red Seas as well. If you didn't enjoy Lies, well, I don't expect there will be much to recommend the sequel to you, although it does depend why you didn't enjoy Lies. If the brutality Lynch shows his main characters in Lies turned you away; there is less of that here. So if you otherwise enjoyed the story of Lies, continue forward!
Thieves Republic is currently slated for a Nov 2011 release. Can. Not. Wait.
I took quite a break between reading this book and the first (The Lies of Locke Lamora). I took the break because Lies ended on a rather heavy note. I tried to go straight from it into this one, and found myself needing a breather which is completely out of the ordinary for me. I typically fly through a series, or even an authors entire body of work.
After finishing this one, however, ye Gods, if the third volume was already available (The Republic of Thieves) I'd be onto it in a heart beat. Red Seas ended on a cliff hanger... Of a sort. I don't want to give the wrong impression here. The story does not simply end in the middle or anything of the kind. The story woven within Red Seas is more than satisfactorily concluded... There is however an important thread which carries on forward. And already I risk saying too much so I shan't say more other than that I burn for the next volume!
If you read and enjoyed Lies, you know what to expect, and there is a passing good chance you'll enjoy Red Seas as well. If you didn't enjoy Lies, well, I don't expect there will be much to recommend the sequel to you, although it does depend why you didn't enjoy Lies. If the brutality Lynch shows his main characters in Lies turned you away; there is less of that here. So if you otherwise enjoyed the story of Lies, continue forward!
Thieves Republic is currently slated for a Nov 2011 release. Can. Not. Wait.