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A review by aspiringantigone
Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
YAYYY NEXT LOCKE LAMORA BOOK!!!
ok so starting with positives: i love how locke and jean’s relationship goes through complications in this book, especially now that they arethe only ones left. i think that was really well done, and my favorite moment of this book was when they were in vel virazzo and locke was at rock bottom, and jean basically forced him out of his stupor. i also love the new characters we were introduced to. faves are zamira and ezri obviously. the pirate ship arc was also really really cool. ezri and jean have eclipsed sablocke as the straight people of all time, will NEVER forgive scott lynch for what he did to ezri. yeah the highlight of this book were the characters and their dynamics, and the way scott lynch wrapped up MOST of his loose ends. the action scenes were awesome too.
now, for the critiques. this book pales in comparison to the first. firstly, the gray king was a much more compelling villain than stragos, and camorr was a much cooler setting than tal verrar. stragos was cool tho, i will give him that. i like that he was different from the gray king. also, i feel like some of the conflicts were contrived.what the fuck was merrain’s deal?? it was never really explained, unless i missed something. there was mention of a tattoo… bondsmage?? idk. speaking of, WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE BONDSMAGI??? also also, this is just a me thing, could not visualize most of this book bc idk anything about ships.
oh and also, i wish this book had dealt even more with locke as an altruist.ik they sacked salon corbeau, but I wish the dismantling of the amusement war had been the whole book.
still enjoyed it, still love this series immensely, am very excited for republic of thieves which im starting shortly.
ok so starting with positives: i love how locke and jean’s relationship goes through complications in this book, especially now that they are
now, for the critiques. this book pales in comparison to the first. firstly, the gray king was a much more compelling villain than stragos, and camorr was a much cooler setting than tal verrar. stragos was cool tho, i will give him that. i like that he was different from the gray king. also, i feel like some of the conflicts were contrived.
oh and also, i wish this book had dealt even more with locke as an altruist.
still enjoyed it, still love this series immensely, am very excited for republic of thieves which im starting shortly.