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Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner
5.0
I'm not going to actually review this book in earnest, because what kind of fool would be that upfront about a Queen's Thief book?
I will, however, award Thick as Thieves one very ardent hell yeah.
It's one of those First Person Life-Changing Compulsory Field Trip To Attolia books, and a good and glorious outsider POV. I only wish the last half of the book had been twice the size that it was. I would go on, but I would have to redact almost everything else I want to say.
Instead, I will leave you with this one quote, which tells you nothing that you don't already know.
Edit 8/18/2017: Who is this "young Erondites" who Kamet convinces Gen to apprentice to Relius? He's corresponding with him on map on the back flap. The letter is addressed to "P." WHO IS P. Did Dite get married and have a son and send him to serve Gen? Are there other members of the Erondites family? INQUIRING MINDS NEED TO KNOW.
Edit 02/23/2024: I'm howling. The first couple times I read this book, I admit I thought it was a low point on the scale of TQT book enjoyability. I still enjoyed it, of course! But the constant Immakuk/Ennikar stories and the nature of Costis and Kamet's journey struck me as a massive slowdown in pace.
However, I did this readthrough of the entire series at a breakneck pace and I must say this time I LOVED the experience of this book. It absolutely appears to best advantage when sandwiched between CoK and RotT, and I even paid attention to the Immakuk/Ennikar stories.
The absolute highlight of this book continues to be, as it has always been, the dissonance between Costis as observed by himself and Costis as observed by Kamet. I loved Kamet's growing self-awareness as well, and as soon as they get to Attolia everything becomes INCREDIBLE.
I will, however, award Thick as Thieves one very ardent hell yeah.
It's one of those First Person Life-Changing Compulsory Field Trip To Attolia books, and a good and glorious outsider POV. I only wish the last half of the book had been twice the size that it was. I would go on, but I would have to redact almost everything else I want to say.
Instead, I will leave you with this one quote, which tells you nothing that you don't already know.
"What a piece of work he was. I don't know why I like him as much as I do."
Edit 8/18/2017: Who is this "young Erondites" who Kamet convinces Gen to apprentice to Relius? He's corresponding with him on map on the back flap. The letter is addressed to "P." WHO IS P. Did Dite get married and have a son and send him to serve Gen? Are there other members of the Erondites family? INQUIRING MINDS NEED TO KNOW.
Edit 02/23/2024: I'm howling. The first couple times I read this book, I admit I thought it was a low point on the scale of TQT book enjoyability. I still enjoyed it, of course! But the constant Immakuk/Ennikar stories and the nature of Costis and Kamet's journey struck me as a massive slowdown in pace.
However, I did this readthrough of the entire series at a breakneck pace and I must say this time I LOVED the experience of this book. It absolutely appears to best advantage when sandwiched between CoK and RotT, and I even paid attention to the Immakuk/Ennikar stories.
The absolute highlight of this book continues to be, as it has always been, the dissonance between Costis as observed by himself and Costis as observed by Kamet. I loved Kamet's growing self-awareness as well, and as soon as they get to Attolia everything becomes INCREDIBLE.