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A review by patrick_soares
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
3.0
The more I think about this one, the less I like it.
I mean, it's Scott Lynch. The dialogue, the prose, the wit, the charm of the characters are more or less still here, but there's a lot that's not.
There were no stakes, no peril whatsoever to the characters to make me care about the outcome of the events, the election plot can be summed up as 2 factions playing a child's game, the romance with Sabetha was way too drawn out and the 2nd half of the flashbacks with the theatrical play was as pointless as it gets.
I mean, it's Scott Lynch. The dialogue, the prose, the wit, the charm of the characters are more or less still here, but there's a lot that's not.
There were no stakes, no peril whatsoever to the characters to make me care about the outcome of the events, the election plot can be summed up as 2 factions playing a child's game, the romance with Sabetha was way too drawn out and the 2nd half of the flashbacks with the theatrical play was as pointless as it gets.