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Red Seas Under Red Skies, the second volume of the Gentleman Bastards series, continues to develop its two main characters, Locke Lamora and Jean Tannen, shedding new light on their troubled friendship. But the narrative, unfortunately, falters when it shifts to piracy, suddenly making everything come to a halt.
The novel follows the preparations for the next major heist of our pair of swindlers: they plan to rob from Requin, the biggest mobster in the city of Tal Verrar, who runs a casino with an iron fist. Some more sinister parties in the city have other plans for the two, however, making them depart on a long sea voyage and engage with pirates.
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The Lies of Locke Lamora, the first book of the Gentleman Bastards series written by Scott Lynch, is a novel that mixes heist stories with the fantasy genre. With a well-developed narrative, the book only fails when it starts to treat the reader with the same condescension with which the protagonist tries to deceive his victims.
Locke Lamora is an orphan boy who, after being recruited by the Thiefmaker of the city of Camorr, starts to live with a gang of kids, committing small crimes to its master in exchange for food. His pro-activity and ambition, however, start to irritate the Thiefmaker, who decides to sell him to a priest. Lamora, therefore, rises in his career, going [...]