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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
The only reason I finished this book is because I wanted to know how the story ends. This book was boring and anoying and the ending was unsatisfactory
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Scott Lynch is one of the handful of practitioners in contemporary fantasy who doesn't make big mistakes. "Republic" is a worthy successor of the previous two books in the "Gentleman Bastards" sequence but it is not the equal of the previous books. It's no spoiler to share that Sabetha returns and plays a prominent role in this book...and Sabetha is interesting. But "Lies" and "Red Seas" establish that the most important relationship in Locke's life is actually his relationship with Jean Tannen. And there's not sufficient room in this book for both Sabetha and Jean. There's not enough of Jean here. Hoping for more in the next book!
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
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
dark
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This one just did not hit the same for me as the others in the series--I still love the characters and setting, but it felt low on actual action and overall plot progression.
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
All's fair in love, war, politics, and magic. Except the magic. And the love. And the war. And the politics, well.....
That's the game, after all.
That's the game, after all.
The 2 story lines didn't interact enough thematically to have them in the same book, in my opinion. I would have preferred to do each story separately and flesh them out a bit more. Usually Lynch does well building side characters but not so much in this book, I'd argue because he was so rushed doing the 2 storylines.