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croaker's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
baby_jewels's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
ambermarshall's review
4.0
Still working my way through the series. As usual I'm breaking it down:
"Exercise in Pain": Picking up where Jubal took an arrow to the knee (s), his loyal lieutenant brings him to a sorcerer-healer who offers a quick--yet excruciating--recovery. As you'd expect of Jubal, he tries to further cheat and fucks himself over some. 4/5*
"Downwind": Mradhon Vis, still haunted by Ischade and holed up at Mama Becho's, hits up Hawkmasks Mor-am and Moria for work. Krrf junkie Mor-am gets pinched by the beggar king and they try to rescue him. I didn't know wtf was going on half the time. First appearance of Haught. 2/5*
"A Fugitive Art": Lalo is back, using his enchanted hands to paint a bunch of toadies from the empire so the prince's advisor can find out who's crooked and how. Unfortunately one of them gets wise to it. I like the "little people" of Sanctuary. 4/5*
"Steel": Walegrin comes back to Sanctuary with Enlibar ore to be forged into legendary swords, intending to join the fighting up north. But it seems he has another destiny. I like Walegrin (despite being a male chauvinist) and Illyra stories (or maybe just Lynn Abbey). 5/5*
"Wizard Weather": Wizard/maybe god? ("Lord of Dreams" will always make me think of The Sandman) comes to Sanctuary all pissed off after Cime tried to shank him right before he was to marry "Storm Daughter" demigoddess Jihan. 4/5*
"Godson": Hanse gets called on by the gods of Ilsig to drive out Vashanka. Is Hanse semi-divine? 5/5*
Oooh and coming to throw their wrench in, the Beysib fleet arrives in Sanctuary...
... But that's the next book.
"Exercise in Pain": Picking up where Jubal took an arrow to the knee (s), his loyal lieutenant brings him to a sorcerer-healer who offers a quick--yet excruciating--recovery. As you'd expect of Jubal, he tries to further cheat and fucks himself over some. 4/5*
"Downwind": Mradhon Vis, still haunted by Ischade and holed up at Mama Becho's, hits up Hawkmasks Mor-am and Moria for work. Krrf junkie Mor-am gets pinched by the beggar king and they try to rescue him. I didn't know wtf was going on half the time. First appearance of Haught. 2/5*
"A Fugitive Art": Lalo is back, using his enchanted hands to paint a bunch of toadies from the empire so the prince's advisor can find out who's crooked and how. Unfortunately one of them gets wise to it. I like the "little people" of Sanctuary. 4/5*
"Steel": Walegrin comes back to Sanctuary with Enlibar ore to be forged into legendary swords, intending to join the fighting up north. But it seems he has another destiny. I like Walegrin (despite being a male chauvinist) and Illyra stories (or maybe just Lynn Abbey). 5/5*
"Wizard Weather": Wizard/maybe god? ("Lord of Dreams" will always make me think of The Sandman) comes to Sanctuary all pissed off after Cime tried to shank him right before he was to marry "Storm Daughter" demigoddess Jihan. 4/5*
"Godson": Hanse gets called on by the gods of Ilsig to drive out Vashanka. Is Hanse semi-divine? 5/5*
Oooh and coming to throw their wrench in, the Beysib fleet arrives in Sanctuary...
... But that's the next book.
nv6acaat's review
2.0
Increasingly dull as series continues. Only 2 more to go before my current stash runs out.
kaisermatthias's review
5.0
It somehow escaped my notice until this volume that all of the stories in Sanctuary were tying together into a single, convoluted, but unified plotline. Gods pick champions, however unlikely, wizards face regrets, and a drunken storyteller proves that he has never lied when saying the tale is all that matters.
In a world where only the wicked propser, somehow the wickedest find a kind of nobility. I can't wait to see what else happens in the Thieves' World.
In a world where only the wicked propser, somehow the wickedest find a kind of nobility. I can't wait to see what else happens in the Thieves' World.
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