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A review by naithin
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
5.0
After this volume, Scott Lynch sees himself right near the top of my favourite author's list, wedged firmly between the likes of Patrick Rothfuss and George R.R. Martin. Lynch's style is different from the both of them, but without any doubt shares a certain quality of excellence.
I took quite a break between reading this book and the first (The Lies of Locke Lamora). I took the break because Lies ended on a rather heavy note. I tried to go straight from it into this one, and found myself needing a breather which is completely out of the ordinary for me. I typically fly through a series, or even an authors entire body of work.
After finishing this one, however, ye Gods, if the third volume was already available (The Republic of Thieves) I'd be onto it in a heart beat. Red Seas ended on a cliff hanger... Of a sort. I don't want to give the wrong impression here. The story does not simply end in the middle or anything of the kind. The story woven within Red Seas is more than satisfactorily concluded... There is however an important thread which carries on forward. And already I risk saying too much so I shan't say more other than that I burn for the next volume!
If you read and enjoyed Lies, you know what to expect, and there is a passing good chance you'll enjoy Red Seas as well. If you didn't enjoy Lies, well, I don't expect there will be much to recommend the sequel to you, although it does depend why you didn't enjoy Lies. If the brutality Lynch shows his main characters in Lies turned you away; there is less of that here. So if you otherwise enjoyed the story of Lies, continue forward!
Thieves Republic is currently slated for a Nov 2011 release. Can. Not. Wait.
I took quite a break between reading this book and the first (The Lies of Locke Lamora). I took the break because Lies ended on a rather heavy note. I tried to go straight from it into this one, and found myself needing a breather which is completely out of the ordinary for me. I typically fly through a series, or even an authors entire body of work.
After finishing this one, however, ye Gods, if the third volume was already available (The Republic of Thieves) I'd be onto it in a heart beat. Red Seas ended on a cliff hanger... Of a sort. I don't want to give the wrong impression here. The story does not simply end in the middle or anything of the kind. The story woven within Red Seas is more than satisfactorily concluded... There is however an important thread which carries on forward. And already I risk saying too much so I shan't say more other than that I burn for the next volume!
If you read and enjoyed Lies, you know what to expect, and there is a passing good chance you'll enjoy Red Seas as well. If you didn't enjoy Lies, well, I don't expect there will be much to recommend the sequel to you, although it does depend why you didn't enjoy Lies. If the brutality Lynch shows his main characters in Lies turned you away; there is less of that here. So if you otherwise enjoyed the story of Lies, continue forward!
Thieves Republic is currently slated for a Nov 2011 release. Can. Not. Wait.