Red Seas Under Red Skies
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Locke Lamora, the erstwhile Thorn of Camorr, and Jean Tannen have fled their home city and the wreckage of their lives. But they can't run forever, and after escaping Camorr they decide to head for the richest and most difficult target on the horizon-- the city-state of Tal Verrar. And the Sinspire.The Sinspire is the ultimate gambling house . . . exclusive, luxurious, and fiendishly guarded. No thief has ever… Product details and pricing info |
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41 Customer Reviews Posted
- Superb sequal
- This is an excellent book. I find it difficult to buy most of what passes for fantasy these days, but Scott Lynch creates characters that you care about...and he isn't afraid to kill them. Any novel that can create emotion, even beyond the suspense of turning pages, is worth my time and money. Red Seas Under Red Skies does that, and I would recommend it to any who asked.
- 2008-11-22, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Very disappointing sequel.
- Author spends a long time setting the scene. Plot becomes very convoluted. And everything unravels with amazing ease within the last 50 pages or so.
The pirate adventure is a miserable disgression which does not add anything to the plot. Long and uselessly descriptive. If I want to learn sailing, I will buy another type of book. - 2008-11-03, 0 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Pleasantly surprised!
- I just happened to stumble across this book in the library, and I am glad that I did. I have not read the first book in the series, but it didn't seem to matter.
I agree that it bogged down a bit in the middle (arrrr!), but there was enough tension to keep me interested. Overall, a fun read! - 2008-10-13, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Great book!
- This was a stay-up-until-dawn read, just like the first one. I hope he carries these characters forward into many books. The fact that they can sort of stand-alone is nice too - no long wait for resolution of the main plotline.
- 2008-09-19, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Gentlemen meet Pirates, Ocean's 12 and lots of blood
- Great sequel, Mr. Lynch passed the test after writing one of the most fun and complicated plots ever in "The Lies of Locke Lamora". "Red Seas under Red Skies" bring us more of the same with a twist. I just loved the fact that the adventures of Locke and Jean were developed both in a urban enviorement and now in the open seas. Full blown sea battles among pirates, robbing a casino, decieving the beholder of the whole navy of Tal-Verrar, facing the murder plays of the bondsmagi (the scene on the night market was extremely well written and will bring a chill to your bones), falling in love and then mercy killing the girl of your dreams, etc, etc, etc.
YOU WONT BE DISSAPOINTED. This is a great book. YES it's different from the now classic "Lies of Locke Lamora", this one in particular will bring you tons of action in top of the well constructed and complicated plots that Mr. Lynch is known for.
Enjoy!!!!!!! - 2008-09-13, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
