I love it when a plan comes together. I equally love it when a plan goes off the rails and characters must somehow rebuild it on the fly. “The Lies of Locke Lamora” somehow enables the reader to have both of these outcomes.
The story could be summed up as a heist gone wrong. Or, a found family of thieves in a gritty underworld within a fantastically realized city. Or, a story about a brotherly bond. Or a story about the dangers of playing games on those that appear to have power and those that actually do. Or a story about the luckiest man alive. However you decide to summarize the story or the setting or the characters, it can’t be done without paying compliment to author Scott Lynch’s excellent writing that drives the story forward at such a pace that “one more chapter” easily becomes 100 more pages.
I loved the details of the city. I loved how the fantasy elements were so smoothly blended in that you could pass this book to a non-fantasy reader and they’d enjoy it just as much. I love the pacing and the action — the planning and the people pulling off the plans.
It’s an easy 5 out of 5 for me.
Three words that describe this book: Heists. Schemes. Stubbornness.
You might want to pick this book up if: Your favorite part of “The Mistborn Saga” was the planning to take down the Lord Ruler parts.
-Blake
This reader review was submitted as part of Adult Summer Reading. We will continue to share them throughout the year.
