I especially loved the way he handled the dialogue, it is full of dry wit and sarcastic one-liners and he delivered them perfectly. I find his voice very easy to listen to and he makes the characters feel so real. It is just the story of Locke and his friends and their (mis)adventures and it is brilliant. There is no dark lord rising, no coming apocalypse, no village boy who finds out he has magic powers and must save the world. I especially loved the fresh approach the author took compared to traditional fantasy writing. The story just grabs you in from the first moment. If like me, you read a review by someone who has also rated /raved about a book you feel similiarly about, that you then trawl through their other reviews to get ideas for other possible listens.and if your taste is similar to mine, then have a go at this series too (it makes a lighter, yet still enjoyable, alternative to the heavier Sanderson/Rothfuss/Brett epics). By the time one gets to the third book in the series though, there are quite a few open questions about who Locke really is.I may just have to start at the beginning again in order to identify new clues. Each could stand alone, but each ends with the prospect of new adventure. This is a fun series - all three books that have been released so far are easy going, enjoyable, escapist listens. I typically don't bother reviewing books that already have many reviews, and to be honest I have nothing particularly new to add.so rather, I'll review this book with reference to the full series. And I will say I did read it cover to cover despite dropping books left and right that I don’t like so that must mean something.īut all in all I’d give it 2.5 out of 5 stars.I've just realised that I havn't reviewed this series. Time and time again I kept waiting for the clever planning of a genius thief and conman and never got close.Īdd in the fact that that the last few chapters were just a messy action story instead of a climax of cleverness and I was just let down. He has to face the all powerful wizard? Oh the wizard had the wrong name despite the years of flawless preparation he assumed an orphan thief wouldn’t use an alias. He has to somehow be in two places at once? He fakes sick. The biggest issue is that every time the author set up an interesting and seemingly impossible predicament for Locke to figure out a way out of, he winds up getting out of on in an insanely boring way or out of some sort of convenience. Some of the prose was good and the dialog made me laugh a few times (mainly Father Chains), but besides that it wasn’t nearly as clever as it thought it was. I wanted to love it so much but it let me down time and time again.
I’ll keep this brief and get to the point.
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