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Loading... The Lies of Locke Lamoraby Scott Lynch
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. It's hard to imagine that this is a debut novel. A cross between fantasy and crime. This fun thriller's pace never slackens. (  )mohi | Jul 5, 2009 |   Enjoyed the book thoroughly. Finally, another good fantasy to go alongside RR Martin and Farseer Trilogy . (  )lindawwilson | Jul 3, 2009 | jmnlman | Jul 2, 2009 | Summary: Locke Lamora is a scruffy orphan with a brain for mischief and a gift for lying. Along with his gang, the Gentleman Bastards, he devises a daring plot to steal twenty five thousand crowns from one of the nobles of Camorr. However, another plot is snaking through the city, a plot that may take the entire criminal underworld by storm. Review: I’d heard a lot of good reviews for this book but I wasn’t sure I would enjoy it as much as everyone seemed to think I would. The thieves and rogues genre isn’t one that I normally enjoy. I tend to find overly clever characters insufferable in their arrogance. Yet after finishing the first chapter of The Lies of Locke Lamora, I changed my mind. I do enjoy this because Scott Lynch makes it impossible not to. The man is a golden storyteller. He could probably write a story about accountants and it would still be rollicking, witty, and creative. Thankfully, this is not a story about accountants. It’s a story of cunning, brotherhood, revenge, and growing up. It’s dark when it needs to be dark — and it has a high body count, higher than I expected — and it’s funny when it needs to be funny. Lynch writes with a grim, tongue-in-cheek humour that perfectly suits the kind of people Locke hangs out with. The characters were all compelling, each and every one of them. The interludes to the past were integrated smoothly with the present-day plot, allowing you to get a glimpse of who Locke was without disturbing the adventure of who Locke is. The dashes of creativity and culture fleshed out the world of Camorr. The little mysteries — the mention of Sabetha, Locke’s real name — were left to whet your appetite for the books to follow. This is a real swashbuckler, the kind I haven’t read in a long time. It breathes life into the tired thieves and rogues genre, and if this is the future I’m glad to be clinging on to the ship. Conclusion: Top-notch fun. ( )Jibrailis | May 24, 2009 | 3  This story is good even for those who don't normally gravitate towards fantasy. Locke is a true Stainless Steel Rat, though of the more furry variety! (  )CDonald | May 19, 2009 | 0.085 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0553804677, Hardcover)In this stunning debut, author Scott Lynch delivers the wonderfully thrilling tale of an audacious criminal and his band of confidence tricksters. Set in a fantastic city pulsing with the lives of decadent nobles and daring thieves, here is a story of adventure, loyalty, and survival that is one part Robin Hood, one part Ocean’s Eleven, and entirely enthralling.…An orphan’s life is harsh–and often short–in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains–a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected “family” of orphans–a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting. Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld’s most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful–and more ambitious–than Locke has yet imagined. Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi’s most trusted men–and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr’s underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game–or die trying.… (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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