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Cargando... Red Seas Under Red Skies (edición 2007)por Scott Lynch (Autor)
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I read Lies of Locke Lamora earlier this year, and it quickly became one of my all time favorite books. Locke and Jean are so likeable and I love their friendship and banter. This book finds the duo working on a few more get rich schemes, but as before, luck is fickle and very rarely on their side. I liked this second installment as much as I did the first. ( ) Many rightly compare the first installment to Ocean's Eleven - the characters are uber cool, the dialogue is witty and the while the plot wouldn't hold much water under close inspection, it is supremely entertaining. The second book follows quite the same path as the Ocean's eleven series - this one reads like Ocean's twelve. Yes, the characters are still charming but the story is much less so. Locke and Jean have their sights set on a seemingly impregnable Casino and are also afoul of the city's military commander. The Bondsmages are after them for good measure. About one third of the way into the book, they are so thoroughly under the screw and things couldn't possibly get worse for them. The comfortable heft of the remaining pages were assuring me of a detailed and intricate storyline that would see them extract themselves from the mess, rob the Casino and stick it to the Bondsmages and the commander. Instead, the story moves to the high seas and follows Locke and Jean as they take a crash course in sailing and head out to try to incite a pirate crew into an ill advised attack on the city. It almost felt like Scott Lynch wanted to write a pirate novel (the nautical technicalities seem well researched) and decided to start while halfway through this one. With about 50 pages remaining, he remembers the hanging story lines back on land, rushes back and ties them all up with critical help from a bunch of characters never seen till then, Chekhov's gun be damned. There are multiple places where the author's indulgences shine through (could have easily skipped/abridged sections on the navigation lessons, Locke's stay at the Salon Corbeau and what was that Odyssean interlude with the weird mist thing?). Wonder why the editing wasn't crisper. For all its shortcomings, the novel ends on an intriguing cliffhanger and I like the characters and the author's wit enough to want to read on but with much less enthusiasm than when I started this book. A strong sequel and definitely a worthy series. I had a few issues with this book, which I'll list here, but generally it was witty, easy to read, and I probably enjoyed it more than the first book. These critiques don't detract enough from that to make it less than a good book from a promising author: 1. Locke keeps complaining about a relationship that you know NOTHING about except from his complaints, despite having followed his life since age 13. Doesn't make much sense. Somehow the author conveniently skipped over all the parts that relate to this woman. I wouldn't mind, except that it comes up so often that you really have to wonder why she's skipped. Clearly she's going to show up later in the series (if she didn't, it would be baffling), but even if this occurs I'm not sure if this was a good stylistic choice. 2. There were almost too many nautical terms in this book. At times it was cool, and felt very realistic, but for someone like me who didn't even know terms like "larboard," it was frustrating. I guess I learned something? 3. The ending feels rushed. Instead of having a smooth, continuous journey, Locke and Jean jump around a lot at the end (with full weeks being skipped) and meet a bunch of people all of a sudden that end up being very relevant to the plot (the Priori in particular). While it's true that this was necessary (otherwise you'd have to follow them on a sea voyage in which nothing happens for a while), it was definitely a strong contrast with other parts of the book, where this time was filled with character building and whatnot. I feel like consistency is important on this front. 4. Locke doesnt seem particularly clever in this book. This is probably not a huge problem, but in a book where the protagonist is supposed to be all wits and no braun (and prides himself on it), his lack of good ideas was often disappointing. 5. Sometimes Jean says stuff you feel like Locke should be saying. Maybe this was only a concern for me, but it really felt like at times the personality lines between these characters got a bit blurred. 6. Jean is actually the best fighter in the world, and will win any fight regardless of how badly he is outnumbered. I found this to be almost a Deus Ex Machina in this book sometimes, and I wish his abilities were more reasonable. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:In his highly acclaimed debut, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch took us on an adrenaline-fueled adventure with a band of daring thieves led by con artist extraordinaire Locke Lamora. Now Lynch brings back his outrageous hero for a caper so death-defying, nothing short of a miracle will pull it off. After a brutal battle with the underworld that nearly destroyed him, Locke and his trusted sidekick, Jean, fled the island city of their birth and landed on the exotic shores of Tal Verrar to nurse their wounds. But even at this westernmost edge of civilization, they can’t rest for long—and are soon back to what they do best: stealing from the undeserving rich and pocketing the proceeds for themselves. This time, however, they have targeted the grandest prize of all: the Sinspire, the most exclusive and heavily guarded gambling house in the world. Its nine floors attract the wealthiest clientele—and to rise to the top, one must impress with good credit, amusing behavior…and excruciatingly impeccable play. For there is one cardinal rule, enforced by Requin, the house’s cold-blooded master: it is death to cheat at any game at the Sinspire. Brazenly undeterred, Locke and Jean have orchestrated an elaborate plan to lie, trick, and swindle their way up the nine floors…straight to Requin’s teeming vault. Under the cloak of false identities, they meticulously make their climb—until they are closer to the spoils than ever. But someone in Tal Verrar has uncovered the duo’s secret. Someone from their past who has every intention of making the impudent criminals pay for their sins. Now it will take every ounce of cunning to save their mercenary souls. And even that may not be enough.… Praise for Red Seas Under Red Skies “Lynch hasn’t merely imagined a far-off world, he’s created it, put it all down on paper—the smells, the sounds, the people, the feel of the place. The novel is a virtuoso performance, and sf/fantasy fans will gobble it up.”—Booklist (starred review) “Red Seas Under Red Skies firmly proves that Scott Lynch isn’t a one-hit wonder. . . . It’ll only be a matter of time before Scott Lynch is mentioned in the same breath as George R. R. Martin and Steven Erikson.”—Fantasy Book Critic “Grand, grandiose, grandiloquent . . . No critic is likely to fault Lynch in his overflowing qualities of inventiveness, audacious draftsmanship, and sympathetic characterization.”—Locus. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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