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A review by jaepingsu
The Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch
5.0
As I was flipping past the chapter summary of this I noticed that rather than a full sequel this is half "interludes" that take place before the events of the first book (mainly during the time when the Gentleman Bastards are all teenagers) and the other half is the events immediately following Red Seas Under Red Skies. The chapters alternate every other, and while the modern day events start off a lot more gripping and interesting the past events still manage to keep my attention without feeling like a huge distraction. This did set up for a lot of cliffhanger chapter endings, but going in realizing the pattern it was a lot easier to deal with.
After two books of the characters hinting at Sabetha but never speaking much about her I was happy to finally get to meet her. She's an interesting character and definitely not the most personable but I did enjoy her for how complicated she was. I'd been expecting a relationship out of the normal between her and Locke with the few bits of information teased out here and there and it certainly isn't the typical romance.
Learning more about the Bondmagi and the Karthain politics and culture was a lot of fun! I'm so glad I didn't have to wait the 6 year gap between this and the previous book in the series, although now I'm in the boat with everyone else that's a fan and waiting for the next book to come out.
After two books of the characters hinting at Sabetha but never speaking much about her I was happy to finally get to meet her. She's an interesting character and definitely not the most personable but I did enjoy her for how complicated she was. I'd been expecting a relationship out of the normal between her and Locke with the few bits of information teased out here and there and it certainly isn't the typical romance.
Spoiler
Romance, really, feels like the wrong word. I was really happy to see things not just get tied up neatly now that they were reunited like would be the expected. While in some ways her departure felt abrupt it did also feel like the story was leading up to it and I appreciated Lynch sticking with his guns on that.Learning more about the Bondmagi and the Karthain politics and culture was a lot of fun! I'm so glad I didn't have to wait the 6 year gap between this and the previous book in the series, although now I'm in the boat with everyone else that's a fan and waiting for the next book to come out.