The Lies of Locke Lamora: Collector's Tenth Anniversary Edition (Gentleman Bastard)

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In 2010, I lost a marriage but gained a cat, a charming ball of ego and fuzz known as Muse (Musicus Maximus Butthead Rex I). Not in real life. In real life I cuss like a sailor. But the language in my books is pretty genteel and tame. It does a good job of maintaining suspense, with a few minor exceptions. Three was one part where we spent paragraphs describing the neighboring lands and their types of government—not really pertinent to this novel, but I suspect they were groundwork for future novels in the series. Still, they made the story sag a little. And then there was the BIG REVEAL which wasn’t, because I had it figured out long in advance. But nobody—and I mean nobody—has ever been hungry for it like this boy. If he had a bloody gash across his throat and a physiker was trying to sew it up, Lamora would steal the needle and thread and die laughing. He…steals too much.”

I also usually hate 'obvious mysteries'. By this, I mean a mystery that other characters know about but that the reader is never brought into fully. This book has one, and I actually liked it a fair bit. The key element here is that it really has no bearing on the book itself, but meshes VERY well with how groups of people act and talk in the real world. Close groups who have someone who's left the group, often talk about them or remember them even if they've been gone for awhile, and this is basically the 'obvious mystery' in this book even though you never meet the individual they refer to. Just one more touch that I like. Oops, sorry, it looks like the Fairness Police just caught me in the act again (see how they stop me the slow-mo way? That just goes to show how faithful they are to the author's style). It also does not help that the author spends quite a bit of time on world-building, yet this world-building never pays off. We see a fantastical world of alien artifacts, yet the reader is never able to understand this world--indeed, the world-building adds very little to the story of the novel. Blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim, blah blah blah, skim skim skim. This was one of those books that I thought was going to get 5 stars from me, but eventually ended up as 'merely quite good' in my mind.

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These potential cinematic morsels are all over Lynch’s novels, and they’d make for a captivating visual treat that would translate perfectly to the screen. Show me Camorr in all its shady criminal glory…show it to me through the eyes of a thief as he convinces a local noble to fork over half of his fortune.

Salutations to you, Master Jean Tannen, and profuse congratulations on the fortuitous timing of your arrival!" said the newcomer. As I explore possible book-to-screen adaptations in this column, I’ll try to give a realistic estimate of each property’s likelihood to make it to theaters or streamers. This is a four-star book, and not a five, because it is like the best 'pop' music, in that it is very good for a very wide audience, but nothing is absolutely fantastic literary work that will be remembered indefinitely. If you're looking for a wonderful distraction - like a great romp of a movie, this is it.We’re a different sort of thief here, Lamora. Deception and misdirection are our tools. We don’t believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.” And, yes, I do like the world I'm reading about to feel complete and real, but there's only so much I can (personally) take. Haha! You gotta love Father Chains for his vivid imagination and if you actually read the entire book you might find yourself at a place where you have to agree with him. XD You guys, this story is unreal. It’s so morally wrong that you don’t even want it to be right. It’s that luring, that gritty, that bold . . . its masterfully chaotic – so many subplots, so many characters, so much world-building. theres never a dull moment . . . its intricately woven– no movement, no scene, no word is insignificant. Everything is so interconnected on so many levels. I straight up got chills in some parts’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ocean's Eleven was great and everything, but know what would've made it cooler? If the setting had been during the late middle ages, possibly the Renaissance. Better yet, a fantasy world version of the Renaissance with an intricate system of magic and a complex set of political conspiracies to add some flair. And what if the city was built upon the ruins of an earlier city, and the earlier city was built by some enigmatic science fiction creatures that have since disappeared? because we think the gods are saving him up for a really big death. Something with knives and hot irons—”*** Warner Bros. bought the film rights soon after the book's release in 2006. The brothers Kevin and Dan Hageman were to write the screenplay, with Michael De Luca and Julie Yorn to produce. [4] However, the film rights lapsed in April 2010. [5] Awards and nominations [ edit ]

Maps of Tal Verrar and the Sea of Brass

If you like buddy novels, fantasy, and especially Martin's Game of Thrones series, I think you might well like this book. It had a good story, a fascinating city to learn about, and characters that I cared about, although they weren't the focus of the tale. It says a lot that in spite of the language, I bought the second book in the series. Yep, that's right, excitement is me ☢ sarcasm alert ☢ And that is all. I have nothing else to say about this book. BUT. I'd hate to see you go so soon, so I shall (very generously, I might add) share my Delightful Lamora Reading Experience (DLRE™) with you. I suffered through 31% of this, there's no reason why you shouldn't suffer through this review as well. Please don't thank me, I'm generous like that. And his series title is better than mine too. "Gentleman Bastard" beats "Kingkiller Chronicles" hands-down. So, I was surprised to discover we owned this book, since it's a very well known book but nobody in my house had ever mentioned it to me. So in the end, I really enjoyed this book, primarily because of the characters and dialogue. The writer is far more accomplished at his craft than one would expect from a first time author. There were a couple of missteps along the way which dropped the rating for me down a notch.

There are only three people in life you can never fool – pawnbrokers, whores, and your mother. Since your mother’s dead, I’ve taken her place. Hence, I’m bullshit-proof.” I've got it down cold!" Bug heaved at the pole with all of his strength, driving them between a pair of high-walled floating gardens with inches to spare on either side. The scents of jasmine and oranges drifted down over them as their barge slipped beneath the protruding branches of one of the gardens; a wary attendant peeked over one garden-boat's wall, staff in hand to fend them off if necessary. The big barges were probably hauling transplants to some noble's orchard upriver. If you're a fan of over-flowery prose, characters with little personality, and a plot that contains all the subtleties of a bull in a China ship, then this book is perfect for you. It isn’t necessarily about the money but more about the challenge and excitement of the con itself. This is one reason why I had a good time in this story.My second piece of advice to the writer, and warning perhaps to the reader, is that more could have been done to create separate voices for the different characters. When you read a true world-class fantasy or sci-fi novel, you can often see a difference in the way the characters talk, not just their accents or choice of ways to express themselves, but also in what they say based on their emotions and personalities. Finally, unlike many writers who believe that a good plot needs to be confusing, Lynch has kept it very simple and focused. At least after each twist. The narration and language in this book is fantastic. There is swearing. A LOT of it. And I LOVED it. It just added to the book so much for me — it emphasized the terrible, made the funny funnier — I don’t know why but I absolutely loved the amount of swearing in the book. So many times I laughed out loud! But aside from the cursing, the general narration really is fantastic. I was always interested in the dialogue, the setting, and again, emphasizing how much I loved the interludes in between the present story line chapters even though sometimes it was excruciating to see an interlude RIGHT after some monumental mid-book cliffhanger happened! It just made me want to race through the book that much more.