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jobustitch's review against another edition
3.0
I checked this book out for the George R.R. Martin story. I then read the first half of the book and liked the stories. I'm putting this down because I am not really feeling short stories right now.
michellenet's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
ladybaela's review against another edition
3.0
Three and a half stars.
Another chapter of the incredible A Song of Ice and Fire series and a great companion to the Princess and the Queen.
As a Targaryen fan, I always enjoy these snippets of the past.
Another chapter of the incredible A Song of Ice and Fire series and a great companion to the Princess and the Queen.
As a Targaryen fan, I always enjoy these snippets of the past.
lady_mel's review against another edition
4.0
This is an anthology of short stories, about, well, rogues. Thieves, con men (and women), and creatures of all kinds.
My favorite stories were A Year and a Day In Old Theradane by Scott Lynch, How The Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman, and The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss.
My favorite stories were A Year and a Day In Old Theradane by Scott Lynch, How The Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman, and The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss.
scott_you_reading's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
crimsoncor's review against another edition
4.0
Good all around collection of short stories. Honestly, the GRRM story might have been the weakest of the bunch. The Scott Lynch story was a lot of fun; his normal formula but it fares better in the short format rather than stretch across multiple novels.
nonesensed's review against another edition
3.0
This is a very varied collection of short stories that focus on 'rogue' characters, those who do questionable things but supposedly have a heart of gold under all that bluster and backstabbing. How much the rogues in this live up to that varies greatly from story to story.
We get a lot of different genres and a lot of different kinds of rogues in this collection. I must admit half of them weren't for me. Sometimes because the settings and characters got a little too grimdark, sometimes because the genre was 'plain old regular life' instead of fantasy or science fiction, sometimes because it became both. I enjoyed Abercrombie's "Tough Times All Over", Vaughn's "Roaring Twenties", Priest's "Heavy Metal", Abraham's "The Meaning of Love", Nix's "A Cargo of Ivories", Einstein's "The Caravan to Nowhere", Tuttle's "The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives", and Gaiman's "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back".
But I think I would have preferred to read them all as separate stories. As part of a collection, the takes on what counts as a "lovable rogue" were veeeeery different from story to story, to the point where I felt like I was reading mostly completely unrelated works. Far too many of the "lovable rogues" here were just utterly awful people (for example: would-be-rapists and people who blame others for ending up in abusive relationships). That's not a lovable rogue to me, that's a trash person who I was rooting for to lose all through their stories (looking at you "The Inn of the Seven Blessings" and "Bent Twig"). Really felt like a cold shower every time I turned the page and ended up reading about people I wanted to stab with rusty spoons rather than morally ambiguous people I could sympathize with.
We get a lot of different genres and a lot of different kinds of rogues in this collection. I must admit half of them weren't for me. Sometimes because the settings and characters got a little too grimdark, sometimes because the genre was 'plain old regular life' instead of fantasy or science fiction, sometimes because it became both. I enjoyed Abercrombie's "Tough Times All Over", Vaughn's "Roaring Twenties", Priest's "Heavy Metal", Abraham's "The Meaning of Love", Nix's "A Cargo of Ivories", Einstein's "The Caravan to Nowhere", Tuttle's "The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives", and Gaiman's "How the Marquis Got His Coat Back".
But I think I would have preferred to read them all as separate stories. As part of a collection, the takes on what counts as a "lovable rogue" were veeeeery different from story to story, to the point where I felt like I was reading mostly completely unrelated works. Far too many of the "lovable rogues" here were just utterly awful people (for example: would-be-rapists and people who blame others for ending up in abusive relationships). That's not a lovable rogue to me, that's a trash person who I was rooting for to lose all through their stories (looking at you "The Inn of the Seven Blessings" and "Bent Twig"). Really felt like a cold shower every time I turned the page and ended up reading about people I wanted to stab with rusty spoons rather than morally ambiguous people I could sympathize with.
bweissx5's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
silverfeather's review against another edition
5.0
MY LONGEST YEAH BOI EVER (until TWOW is released)
Yeah Daemon Targaryen is my mans and he really needs his own TV show @HBO. lemme play Laena tho
Yeah Daemon Targaryen is my mans and he really needs his own TV show @HBO. lemme play Laena tho