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Liked It2 of 2 members found this review helpful “While I enjoyed this book, it doesn't pack quite the punch of Lynch's first novel. The characters are still great fun, and the writing is mostly wonderful, thought at times a few of the same weaknesses from The Lies of Locke Lamora pop up. (POV at times, some places of...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “Ever seen one of those bank heist movies where Person A is working for Person B, they both want to get rid of Person C but Person C wants them to kill Person D. On the other hand Person E and F have other plans for Person A and B, and then Person G was the one really all behind it? you with me so...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Very bit as exciting and funny as the first one. This reads like an episode or series of "hustle" but in a fantasy setting with pirates thrown in. Very cool.
Michael H wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Nice plot twists and developments and an excellent and satisfying conclusion too.”
“Swashbuckling adventure! I found this book hard to get into than the first, but the payoff was worthwhile.”
Michele M wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A good book. Great characters and a lot of fun.”
Phil E wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Waiting for the third one before I start this series”
Michael S wrote this review Saturday, October 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Fun follow on to the Lies of Locke Lamorra. Set up and scams happening on every page.”
Brian B wrote this review Friday, August 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Sequel to Lies of Locke Lamora, and nearly as good. Can't wait to read the conclusion of the series!”
Kesih wrote this review Monday, July 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Ever seen one of those bank heist movies where Person A is working for Person B, they both want to get rid of Person C but Person C wants them to kill Person D. On the other hand Person E and F have other plans for Person A and B, and then Person G was the one really all behind it? you with me so far? yeah that’s what I thought. You had to really pay attention in this novel to get everything all straight. Red Seas Under Red Skies continues the adventures of Locke and Jean. Word to the wise: Read The Lies of Locke Lamora first. You have to, to get the understanding of everything. Not that this book will help you understand anything at all either. Mind you, I rather liked The Lies of Locke Lamora. It was pretty good. Then I decided to read this one, thinking it’s just as good. I was a bit disenchanted. Not only did the book really drag, but it was just so long winded that I noticed I was putting the book down a lot and reading other things and finishing them. It wasn’t until I realized that I can’t renew the book anymore that I decided to actually finish this book. I don’t understand why it has to be 500 pages for this book. You could have condensed everything and make the book about 350 pages max. I found that in this book, you had a lot of fast paced action, and then for about 40 pages you get slow events where you just felt like putting the book down. Then it goes back to some action, and then more flatness. The whole entire book was like that except the ending.
Caroline C wrote this review Saturday, July 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
What I liked about the novel? I was attached to Locke in the first book and he was still entertaining and funny here. Being a cat lover, I loved the little incidents with the kittens and with Regal the kitten and Locke. That was cute! More new characters were introduced in this book which was fine. It kept the book interesting for a moment until the static flatness started all over again.
Eventually I ended up skimming a lot of the book in the last 200 pages. I just got fed up with this whole thing and wanted to get to the bottom of the plots and sub plots and see where this series is headed. At least the ending had some excitement although it wasn’t worth reading through 500 pages to get to the last four to find some good stuff.
From what I heard, it’s going to be another 5 or so books after this one? I just hope they turn out more exciting than Red Seas Under Red Skies.”
“So far so good. Can't really rate it yet”
Jackie N wrote this review Thursday, June 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a sequel to "The Lies of Locke Lamora" - a swashbuckly heist novel in a fantasy world that seems inspired by George R R Martin, China Mieville, and pulp adventure fiction.
Robert H wrote this review Thursday, April 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen are now embroiled in anoither con scheme, trying to lighten the purse of the richest and most powerful crime baron of Tal Verrar. Soon, they attract the attention of a military dictator wannabe, and the Bondsmagi of Karthain have unfinished business with Locke, too...
Starting out in a very similar style to "Lies of...", the book thankfully soon abandons the dual narrative strands / flashback gimmick and becomes much more linear. That line, however, is not the plot line you would expect. Rather than a con / heist novel, it becomes a novel about pirates! Shawshbuckling ahoy, me mateys. The sudden turn into a completely different direction left me wondering when the main plot strands would kick in - and the first three quarters of the book felt like a loooong (but highly enjoyable) introduction, until I realised that this was it - I was already reading the main plot, I just had not realised that this would be the theme of the book.
It is a superior work to the first (largely because flashbacks were abandoned, keeping the story more tense). It is still well written, and still not quite as convincing as Martin or Mieville. The writing still strays into linguistic choices that are ok, but not great. (One would have hoped for more colourful swearwords than motherfucker).
I would recommend this series so far. Still, a lot remains unresolved. I suppose this is all part of the plan for writing a longer series, but it does leave the individual books only partially satisfying this reader's desire for closure.”
“Wow! The second book in this series did NOT disappoint! Locke & Jean continue to laugh, love, steal everything not nailed down, kick and get their butt kicked even more than before. A worthwhile read!”
Albigensia wrote this review Friday, March 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
