Jean's visit to the artificer was pretty much great from start to finish - with the girl on his boat and her description of "the Quill-Pen Rebellion", and of course Jean's unorthodox departure from the artificer's residence, standing out as high points.
The Archon's palace sounds quite interesting, the longest description I can recall Lynch giving of any place. Not sure I find the Archon himself or the plotlines involving him that interesting, though. Similarly, Requin is mostly overshadowed by Selendri so far.
And then the Amusement War section, a way of playing up Locke's Robin Hood tendencies again, and building up tension about what on earth the point of those chairs will be.
Reread: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
- 21/08/2013 08:14:07 PM
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Prologue and Chapters One and Two. *NM*
- 21/08/2013 08:14:57 PM
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Very good start, I thought.
- 22/08/2013 10:43:23 PM
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Chapters Three and Four. *NM*
- 21/08/2013 08:15:32 PM
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And a number of good moments here too.
- 22/08/2013 10:58:49 PM
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Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen and Epilogue. *NM*
- 21/08/2013 08:20:45 PM
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And a solid ending, too. Liked this book a lot more than the first one, honestly.
- 25/08/2013 11:15:47 PM
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