One Sentence Summary:
A not so typical orphans trained to be pick-pockets story.
Review:
A beautifully written fantasy novel set in a Renaissance equivalent era in a city that is clearly Venice this story is full of lovable characters you will never forget. Though the plot hearkens back to Dickens' Oliver Twist this is in no way your Grandma's story. Full of over the top violence and threats based entirely on the characters ability to lie and misdirect the story moves along at such a clip that you will not want to put it down.
8/10
"Some day, Locke Lamora,” he said, “some day, you’re going to fuck up so magnificently, so ambitiously, so overwhelmingly that the sky will light up and the moons will spin and the gods themselves will shit comets with glee. And I just hope that I’m still around to see it.”
“Oh please,” said Locke, “it’ll never happen”."
"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."
Red Seas Under Red Skies (Gentleman Bastard series book 1)
This is on my to read shelf...
Agree with your review totally, this is an AMAZING series (though not for people who object to violence and cursing!) which would make a good read, I think, for fans of Game of Thrones. Like Martin's series, it is technically fantasy, but those elements seem to be downplayed.
ReplyDeleteOne teensy issue: is the city not based on Venice rather than Vienna?
you are totally right it is Venice, I always get those V cities confused. Thank you for pointing it out
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