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Title: The Lies of Locke Lamora Author: Scott Lynch Format: Hardbound |
The more I read new names in science fiction and fantasy, the more new names I want to find. All of them that I have read recently have brought something new to the field. Someone suggested Scott Lynch’s Lies of Locke Lamora. So since it’s his first book, I gave it a read. OMG, is this good. The storytelling is fantastic; Lynch masterfully switches from the present to the childhood of Locke beautifully. The characters are funny and believable, like Locke. It’s almost like watching Robin Hood grow up, from boy who screws up all the time, into the cunning “Scourge of Nottingham and Thorn in Prince John’s side.” I explained the character of Locke to one of my friends as a mix of Robin Hood and the cast of Ocean’s Eleven, then add the biggest pair any thief has ever been born with. I would say this is more of a romanticized cat burglar mystery than it is a fantasy, but as it is set in a different world and in the middle ages of that world it seems, the book can be found at your local bookstore in sci/fi & fantasy.
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