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An orphan's life is harsh—and often short—in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains—a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans—a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting. Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful—and more ambitious—than Locke has yet imagined. Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men—and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game—or die trying.… (meer)
Carnophile: Who'd win in a fight between the Locke Lamora gang and the Kaz Brekker gang? I NEED to see this. No, it's not a contest, but boy would that be a fun read.
This is Scott Lynch's debut novel and the first in his Gentlemen Bastards sequence. We're introduced to the setting and characters fairly quickly, and slowly learn more about the city and the wider-world through various interludes interspersed throughout the book. The main storyline, the present-day as it were, is cut with interludes that introduce more about Locke's past, or other characters' pasts or that give pertinent information to upcoming plot points. I'm not a big fan of this mode of storytelling, but it is effective here, because each break in the main story crafts more of the world or gives more impetus to the plot.
The characters themselves are loveable scamps who steal like they breathe. They could be considered masters of their craft, and can't imagine an existence where they aren't scamming someone, stealing random trifles, or trying to pull of the greatest heists imaginable. This book is essentially a love-letter to heist stories, but set in a fantasy world, where a limited sort of magic exists, but is otherwise reminiscent of 17th century Venice. As the story unfolds, we realize that although the characters are deeply flawed criminals, they are still many times better than the rest of the criminal underworld when examining the scale of crimes, with murderers and ruthless killers on one end and thieves and con-artists at the other end. They gave themselves the name Gentlemen Bastards for a reason, after all. Locke becomes a sort of anti-hero by the end, putting himself into situations he never imagined he would be in, because he still has a form of a moral compass.
The story itself is a combination of heist/revenge fantasy. There were some shocking moments, but overall, I think this book had maybe been hyped up a bit too much in online communities, and I didn't quite reach those heights that other readers did. But that doesn't mean this isn't worth reading. The characters are very well-written and believable. The setting is unique and I wanted to learn more about the magic system. The story is very well crafted, with plenty of hooks and twists. It is a very good debut novel, but it didn't astound me as much as I hoped, which is on me for hyping it up too much. ( )
The audiobook was well-read. I'm not entirely into the whole medieval times motif, but I found it entertaining. I'll light 3.5 Alchemical Globes out of 5 Alchemical Globes. (there is a lot of stuff that is "alchemical" in this book) ( )
A reasonable book, but it definitely didn't blow my mind the way that many reviews seemed to suggest it might. Lynch's character development for his lesser characters could use some work, and some of the "twists" were mediocre (either were too obvious, or too absurdly random). It was a story and an adventure, nothing more. ( )
Violence aside, The Lies of Locke Lamora was a really fun novel and I enjoyed Lynch’s writing style. I’ll miss the characters who won’t be continuing into the rest of the series, but I’m looking forward to what’s next for the Gentleman Bastards. ( )
Een fris, origineel en fascinerend verhaal van een opwindend nieuw geluid in het fantasygenre.
Opdracht
Voor Jenny; deze kleine wereld was gezegend door het feit dat je over mijn schouder keek terwijl hij tot stand kwam? Met eeuwige liefde.
Eerste woorden
Op het heetst van de lange, natte zomer van het Zevenenzeventigste Jaar van Sendovani bracht de Dievenmaker van Camorr een plotseling, onaangekondigd bezoek aan de Blinde Priester in de tempel van Perelandro in de vertwijfelde hoop hem de knaap Lamora aan te smeren.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
We don't believe in hard work when a false face and a good line of bullshit can do so much more.
Locke is our brother and our love for him knows no bounds. But the four most fatal words in the Therin language are 'Locke would appreciate it.' Rivaled only by 'Locke taught me a new trick'.
Catbridges were another legacy of the Eldren who’d ruled before the coming of men: narrow glass arches no wider than an ordinary man’s hips, arranged in pairs over most of Camorr’s canals and at several places along the Angevine River. Although they looked smooth, their glimmering surfaces were as rough as shark’s-hide leather; for those with a reasonable measure of agility and confidence, they provided the only convenient means of crossing water at many points. Traffic was always one-directional over each catbridge; ducal decree clearly stated that anyone going the wrong direction could be shoved off by those with the right-of-way.
Laatste woorden
Het galjoen voer voor de opstekende storm naar het zuiden en de laatste straaltjes Valslicht achter hen doofden geleidelijk uit, opgeslokt door het donker tot ze voorgoed verdween en de regen als een muur oprees boven het oppervlak van de zee.
An orphan's life is harsh—and often short—in the island city of Camorr, built on the ruins of a mysterious alien race. But born with a quick wit and a gift for thieving, Locke Lamora has dodged both death and slavery, only to fall into the hands of an eyeless priest known as Chains—a man who is neither blind nor a priest. A con artist of extraordinary talent, Chains passes his skills on to his carefully selected "family" of orphans—a group known as the Gentlemen Bastards. Under his tutelage, Locke grows to lead the Bastards, delightedly pulling off one outrageous confidence game after another. Soon he is infamous as the Thorn of Camorr, and no wealthy noble is safe from his sting. Passing themselves off as petty thieves, the brilliant Locke and his tightly knit band of light-fingered brothers have fooled even the criminal underworld's most feared ruler, Capa Barsavi. But there is someone in the shadows more powerful—and more ambitious—than Locke has yet imagined. Known as the Gray King, he is slowly killing Capa Barsavi's most trusted men—and using Locke as a pawn in his plot to take control of Camorr's underworld. With a bloody coup under way threatening to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the Gray King at his own brutal game—or die trying.
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Locke Lamora, dief en levensgenieter, is de leider van het kleinste dievengilde van Camorr, in dienst van Capa Barsavi, het criminele meesterbrein dat de stad regeert. Hij is een van de slechtste zwaardvechters van het land, maar zijn messcherpe verstand en vlotte babbel redden hem uit elke onaangename situatie. Samen met zijn bende medezwendelaars leidt hij een aangenaam bestaan in Camorr en wordt hij wijd en zijd gevreesd als de Doorn van Camorr.
Dan verschijnt de Grijze Koning op het toneel. Niemand weet wie hij is, maar hij bedreigt de macht van Capa. Al snel beginnen er doden te vallen en dreigt er een oorlog tussen de Grijze Koning en Capa. Locke krijgt een voorstel dat hem in een heel lastig parket brengt, terwijl hij juist van plan is de meest gewaagde zwendel uit zijn carrière uit te voeren.
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The characters themselves are loveable scamps who steal like they breathe. They could be considered masters of their craft, and can't imagine an existence where they aren't scamming someone, stealing random trifles, or trying to pull of the greatest heists imaginable. This book is essentially a love-letter to heist stories, but set in a fantasy world, where a limited sort of magic exists, but is otherwise reminiscent of 17th century Venice. As the story unfolds, we realize that although the characters are deeply flawed criminals, they are still many times better than the rest of the criminal underworld when examining the scale of crimes, with murderers and ruthless killers on one end and thieves and con-artists at the other end. They gave themselves the name Gentlemen Bastards for a reason, after all. Locke becomes a sort of anti-hero by the end, putting himself into situations he never imagined he would be in, because he still has a form of a moral compass.
The story itself is a combination of heist/revenge fantasy. There were some shocking moments, but overall, I think this book had maybe been hyped up a bit too much in online communities, and I didn't quite reach those heights that other readers did. But that doesn't mean this isn't worth reading. The characters are very well-written and believable. The setting is unique and I wanted to learn more about the magic system. The story is very well crafted, with plenty of hooks and twists. It is a very good debut novel, but it didn't astound me as much as I hoped, which is on me for hyping it up too much. (