Øyvind started reading Republic of Thieves by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastards, #3)
After their adventures on the high seas, Locke and Jean are brought back to earth …
Let's see how the story about Locke and Jean continues
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Øyvind reviewed Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastards, #2)
In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on …
The Gentleman Bastards strikes again
5 stars
A few years has passed since the last time we saw Locke and Jean, and they have established themselves in the city of Tal Verrarr planning another spectacular heist. It's interesting to see how they deal with everything that's they face of challenges in they way of their heist, and how they deal with the outfall of both them and the ending of the last book. Even though we have moved away from the city of Camorr is the worldbuilding still great and we get to visit quite a few interesting places, and meet a few interesting persons. A few potential action sequences where cut from the book, however the way it was done was quite clever so I can't be to hard about it.
It's a great book that I'd recomend to everyone that have read The Lies of Locke Lamora if you haven't I'd recomend that you start …
A few years has passed since the last time we saw Locke and Jean, and they have established themselves in the city of Tal Verrarr planning another spectacular heist. It's interesting to see how they deal with everything that's they face of challenges in they way of their heist, and how they deal with the outfall of both them and the ending of the last book. Even though we have moved away from the city of Camorr is the worldbuilding still great and we get to visit quite a few interesting places, and meet a few interesting persons. A few potential action sequences where cut from the book, however the way it was done was quite clever so I can't be to hard about it.
It's a great book that I'd recomend to everyone that have read The Lies of Locke Lamora if you haven't I'd recomend that you start there, although you'll probably be fine jumping into things here as well. The main downside of th Gentleman Bastard sequence is that it's far from finished, and the gap between book 3 and 4 is on over 10 years.
Øyvind finished reading Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastards, #2)
In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on …
While it sucks getting sick is it a great excuse to wolf down half a book in a day.
Øyvind started reading Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastards, #2)
In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on …
Time to continue my re-read of the gentlemen bastards series
Øyvind reviewed The Peripheral by William Gibson
Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade …
A drepressing future
4 stars
First of all I enjoyed the TV series more than the book. Both are a bit slow at the beginning, and to certain degrees follow different story lines, which is kinda expected. The world is kinda interesting, but the setting never gripped me as much as I hoped it would, and it is a depressing setting. All in all well worth a read. If you enjoyed the show you might be a bit disapointed by the book all depending on which part of the show you enjoyed the most.
Øyvind finished reading The Peripheral by William Gibson
Depending on her veteran brother's benefits in a city where jobs outside the drug trade …
This book took an unexpectedly long time to read, I guess commuting more by bike instead of public transport is partly to blame. The book had an interesting end, it did however take a little while to pick up steam.
Øyvind reviewed Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Book 2) by Leigh Bardugo
Continuing the story of Nikolai Lantsov
4 stars
Leigh Bardugo's grishaverse is a fun universe to dip back into, with some really memorable characters. While most of the story lines from the previous books are resolved are there as well seeds for new stories as well.
Øyvind finished reading Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Book 2) by Leigh Bardugo
Been so long that I can't remember when I finished it... I do however remember that I enjoyed the book
Øyvind reviewed Empire's Ruin by Brian Staveley (Ashes of the unhewn throne, #1)
A way different feeling book than the previous books
5 stars
This book is set some years after The last mortal bond, and it is the first book in a new trilogy. There are repeat characters from his earlier books as well as some totally new ones, the amount of character development some of the characters go through is extremely large when compared to his previous books and I like it. Even if I don't necessarily always like the way the character develop is it mostly rooted in reasons that's understandable. The world is expanded quite a lot in this book and we learn even more of the history of it. And I'm really looking forward to see how things will play out in the next books. I think that most people would enjoy the book, and I think quite a few people will like this book even if they disliked the earlier books by Brian Staveley
Øyvind started reading Rule of Wolves (King of Scars Book 2) by Leigh Bardugo
Time to jump into the grishaverse again
Øyvind started reading Empire's Ruin by Brian Staveley (Ashes of the unhewn throne, #1)
More of the Annurian empire
Øyvind rated The Emperor's Blades: 4 stars
The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)
Øyvind reviewed The emperor's blades by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)
The children of an assassinated emperor try to stay alive and avenge their father's death …
What are the Emperor's Blades?
4 stars
The world Brian Staveley introduces to us in this book is interesting and well thought out. The story is good, but it's missing something from being awesome. There is in my mind a good reason to why the viewpoints of the story are split like they are, I know some people dislikes parts of it and I also get why. Most of the plot progression from Adares point of view could probably have been told from either Kadens or Valyns PoV in regards to the story of this book. However certain nuances would be lost and we would se less of the brilliant world building that underpins this book. The three main characters while not revolutionary in any ways work well, and the way they are used to show different parts of the world works really well. I would love to see more of the Ketteral stuff as that's partly …
The world Brian Staveley introduces to us in this book is interesting and well thought out. The story is good, but it's missing something from being awesome. There is in my mind a good reason to why the viewpoints of the story are split like they are, I know some people dislikes parts of it and I also get why. Most of the plot progression from Adares point of view could probably have been told from either Kadens or Valyns PoV in regards to the story of this book. However certain nuances would be lost and we would se less of the brilliant world building that underpins this book. The three main characters while not revolutionary in any ways work well, and the way they are used to show different parts of the world works really well. I would love to see more of the Ketteral stuff as that's partly written in a very cinematic way that I enjoy so much to read.
If world building is what you read books for then definitively read this one. If it is for story then I'd suggest you give it a try I think you'll be surprised.
Øyvind started reading Providence of Fire by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #2)
Next one in the series
Øyvind finished reading The Emperor's Blades by Brian Staveley (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne, #1)
I really got inspired by skullsworn to reread this series, and damn I finished this one sooner than I thought.