Obmany Lokki Lamory

[fantasticheskiĭ roman]

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Scott Lynch: Obmany Lokki Lamory (Russian language, 2007, AST, AST MOSKVA, Khranitelʹ)

601 pages

Russian language

Published Nov. 21, 2007 by AST, AST MOSKVA, Khranitelʹ.

ISBN:
978-5-17-040279-3
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4 stars (21 reviews)

Best book ever

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Review of 'The Lies of Locke Lamora' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Absolutely love the first half of this book, feels quite mythic. Nice characters, good banter. Then it just gets darker and darker. I thought reading it a second time would be more pleasant, but no it's still pretty bleak.

It's well written though, criminals do crimes, have crimes done unto them, etc. I'd re-read Abercrombie though I think. I keep fiddling with the star rating, somewhere between 3-5 depending on how I feel!

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This book starts like a heist novel set in medieval Venice, but quickly (1/3rd into the book) takes dangerous turns into new territories. The number of deaths in this book is staggeringly high for fantasy. The world-building is quite good, and I believe I'll pick up more on it in a second read.

On to the next book.

reviewed The lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch (A Bantam spectra book)

Review of 'The lies of Locke Lamora' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

"If I accept your argument then the self-evident truth of any legitimate thing could be taken as grounds for its falseness.”

That single quote sums up the devious nature of this book's characters rather well indeed. I was quite taken in by the primary plot action in the third chapter, for instance, where I should really have been on my guard for such trickery!

Locke is quite interesting a lead character and his retinue are colourful and well-written, and the worldbuilding is paced well and enjoyable.

"It's impossible to be intimidating when one angry woman has your cock between her teeth and another is holding a stiletto to your kidneys."

I very much liked the narrative structure of the book too, although when the action of the story was in full flow I found the harkening back to interludes of things gone before a little tiresome as I wanted more …

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5 stars

The first book by a new author is usually promising but shaky. This book is pure genius.

The characters are well rounded, the dialogue is natural, the world is detailed and realistic, the plot is layered and fearless.

I could not put it down.

The only thing I don't like about this book is the title, and the author has already done a lot better with the title of the sequel Red Seas Under Red Skies

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  • Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
  • Orphans -- Fiction.
  • Gangsters -- Fiction.
  • Adventure stories.
  • Fantasy fiction.

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