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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
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
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
"Look for us in history books and you'll find us in the margins. Look for us in legends and you might just find us celebrated" Page 83
Locke and Jean are out of the kettle and into the fire in this second instalment of The Gentlemen Bastards. Since defeating The Grey King, they have fled Camor and set up a new game in Tal Verrar, but nothing goes quite to plan.
Book two quite literally has a little of everything; from safe cracking to the high seas, Locke and Jean have to step quickly to keep up with the consequences of their actions.
As with book one, this was a complex, bloody and humorous affair. One of the highlights of the story has to be the strong female characters; I'm not sure that I've read a fantasy book/series that manages to pull off strong female character's quite so well.
Book two quite literally has a little of everything; from safe cracking to the high seas, Locke and Jean have to step quickly to keep up with the consequences of their actions.
As with book one, this was a complex, bloody and humorous affair. One of the highlights of the story has to be the strong female characters; I'm not sure that I've read a fantasy book/series that manages to pull off strong female character's quite so well.
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Incredibly disappointed with this one after the strong debut of, “The Lies of Locke Lamora”. The opening is pretty promising and delivers on the front of mystery and tension. But after the first few chapters, the plot meanders pointlessly for what feels like almost 70 % of the book. This book is packed full with boring conversations of underdeveloped side characters. Our favorite gentleman bastards lack agency, and they are pushed around to the whim of their two major nemesis. They lack the ingenuity they had in the first book and what we got used to, and therefore they feel more like puppets instead of the main characters for most of the book. Only continue, if you are absolutely desperate for more after the first book and if you have nothing else to read.
I'm not sure yet, if I will ever check out the third book in the series. At least, I heard that it's more reminiscent to the first one.
I'm not sure yet, if I will ever check out the third book in the series. At least, I heard that it's more reminiscent to the first one.
It feels wrong to only give 3 stars but considering how long it took me to sludge through this one I just can't give it any more than that no matter how good the writing is lol and the writing is excellent. There's just something about it that makes the pacing feel really slow to me. I still love Locke and Jean and I liked the piratey parts of this one but I still thought the first book was better. I will read the third one eventually.
I found this to be a mediocre follow up to 'Lies of Locke Lamora'. It wasn't bad by any stretch, but I didn't think it had the same magic as the first entry in the series. Often times I though the characters were presented with a major inconvenience or obstacle, not because it felt organic to the story, but just because they hadn't had anything go wrong in the last dozen pages. While the characters often pulled through in the first book by their intelligence or cunning, I thought that a lot of their success in this book was just dumb luck.
Ultimately, I still love the characters, and am looking forward to reading more about their exploits, but I hope the third book recaptures some of the magic of the first.
Ultimately, I still love the characters, and am looking forward to reading more about their exploits, but I hope the third book recaptures some of the magic of the first.
It's in the store of the earlier book by Mr Lynch, so it's an enjoyable sorry but the plot gets a little too convulated and the cliff hanger is annoying at the end. The first book was great as it tired things up neatly, not so much in this book. I will still read the third one of the trilogy as I can't leave a story hanging.
These are very good books. I sometimes get a bit bogged down in the description of the world (probably why I never got into Tolkein) but the characters are amazing and it's so well written. Funny and exciting. Maybe a bit long!
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
Locke and Jean remain amazing characters and their world benefits from being expanded from the claustrophobic nature of Cammori underworld. The core theme of con men pulling heists is improved with them both experiencing grief and loss almost on a par with the death of their fellow Gentleman Bastards in the original book as well as piracy and political intrigue. They are still cleverer than everyone else but not always richer. Wow betide anyone who tries to get one over on these servants of the Crooked Warden.
Love, love, love! Not as good as the first book, but still fantastic. Locke & Jean are a BROTP for the ages. For sure.