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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-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
***Despite this review and my frustrations I am still a devout Scott Lynch fan and am eagerly awaiting book four!!***
This book took me almost two months to finish. TWO MONTHS! I can't even think back to a time that two months was an acceptable amount of time to read a book in... Crazy I tell you!!
It took me that long for various reasons, but partly because this book didn't hook me like the first two did. I was ready for more schemes and sneakiness and SABETHA!!!
But... Turns out this was way more about politics and Bondsmagi, two things I seriously couldn't care about any less than I already do. It made the book drag, and not even the fun parts could make up for it.
Three stars because Sabetha was cool and I really got her point of view and there were some little bits of the scheming I enjoyed, but three stars because the Bondsmagi are boring and do things for no reason except to be complicated.
Oh, and that big reveal? Unexpected (obviously), but a little annoying. It made all the info dumping make sense, but now there is MORE Bondsmagi shit I've got to read about now. :/
This book took me almost two months to finish. TWO MONTHS! I can't even think back to a time that two months was an acceptable amount of time to read a book in... Crazy I tell you!!
It took me that long for various reasons, but partly because this book didn't hook me like the first two did. I was ready for more schemes and sneakiness and SABETHA!!!
But... Turns out this was way more about politics and Bondsmagi, two things I seriously couldn't care about any less than I already do. It made the book drag, and not even the fun parts could make up for it.
Three stars because Sabetha was cool and I really got her point of view and there were some little bits of the scheming I enjoyed, but three stars because the Bondsmagi are boring and do things for no reason except to be complicated.
Oh, and that big reveal? Unexpected (obviously), but a little annoying. It made all the info dumping make sense, but now there is MORE Bondsmagi shit I've got to read about now. :/
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The book on its own was fantastic. I love getting to witness the banter and charm Locke has with Jean and just about everyone else he interacts with. Finally meeting Sabetha and getting to see their history in the flashbacks was worth the read alone. I loved the flashbacks for so many reasons, Sabetha and Locke, Jean and Jenora, and Calo and Galdo.
Overall I think it’s a great story, however, the end falls a little flat for me. I love Locke being an ordinary guy that does extraordinary things with his practiced talentso I’m not too keen on where things are going after the big reveal of who he might actually be. I liked the subtle role magic played in the story and feel like the series is heading toward a bigger role with magic and the Falconer and I think I might miss the simplicity of thieves getting in over their heads and having to cunningly get themselves out of whatever mess they’ve created.
Overall I think it’s a great story, however, the end falls a little flat for me. I love Locke being an ordinary guy that does extraordinary things with his practiced talent
adventurous
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Simply can't wait for the next book, " Thorn of Emberlain"
adventurous
funny
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:
Yes
Issues upon issues upon even more issues
Backstabbery venceancery witty curse-dictionary slow-burnery great
Why am I excited for the introduction of a cliche
Backstabbery venceancery witty curse-dictionary slow-burnery great
Why am I excited for the introduction of a cliche
emotional
funny
slow-paced
While the characters, voice, and humor remains as stellar as the last two in this series, this book felt insecure in its own identity. Political thriller? Love story? Dark comedy of error? Codependent relationship tragedy in those first hundred pages? What are we doing, where are we going, what time period do we even want to be the focus? Republic offers no answers, even if it entertains.
adventurous
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
mysterious
fast-paced