Monday, February 05, 2007

Book Review

I'm officially on the stump for Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora. I haven't had this much fun reading a book in a long time. It's like Ocean's Eleven, The Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Godfather all rolled into to one story. And the cursing! Lynch's creativity when it comes to swearing is astounding. Sure, the story lags a bit in the third act but the action at the very end makes up for it. I can't recommend this one enough. Apparently Lynch has signed a seven-book contract (This is an unbelievably huge deal for a rookie author--Lies is his first book) and so there will be six more forthcoming. Count me in.

Maybe I'll make the ladies in my book club read this when my month comes up. Mwaa-haa-haa.

3 comments:

Patrick M. Tracy said...

Kelly,

I read the preview of "Lies" that we got at world fantasy. It seemed like a hoot. If the rest of the book and his forthcoming stories live up to that level, he'll go somewhere.

Anonymous said...

Oooh sounds really cool. I'll check it out!

Anonymous said...

love to read your stuff. It's so much fun. Sorry about Ken's grandma. Totally love the nail color though. Kids sick. See ya next week.

Jen