I should have written this sooner...

I haven't posted on here in a while. I've been rather annoyed at myself for this, but things have been rather busy in April for me. Firstly it was my birthday on April 4th and so the weekends surrounding that were generally taken up with different activities and partying. Plus, I had an accident whilst climbing on my birthday which made it difficult for me to do anything for a few days as most of the muscles in my upper torso were bruised and very swollen. Then of course there was work, which whilst I cannot say what my job is, I have been putting a lot of overtime in because of certain projects that are very important.

Other than that I have been pouring alot of time into my climbing and my golf at the moment as I have both an important golf comp in May and also a climbing holiday so I need to make sure that I am at my best for both. Plus, I'm also doing alot of other exercise such as weights and cardio exercise etc etc in order to improve my health. I must be doing well as I found a pic on my computer of my outline and compared it to a pic I took today and I have lost a load of weight. Score.

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch

 

My rating: 4/5

This is the sequel to The Lies of Locke Lamora, which is an incredible book. I was bought that by a friend for Christmas as he (and several others) had said that it was my cup of tea, but I had read the back and I wasn't that interested. However, after I ploughed through three books in as many days on my Kindle that I was bought for xmas I looked at the book and thought that it would be rude for me to not give it a read. I am very happy that I was wrong as I really enjoyed the book. The characters are brilliant and the environment and world that Lynch has created is amazing with both aspects of a first civilisation and a second human "empire" that has also passed into history and left mankind with a series of city states.

Anyway, I'm getting off topic. Red Skies takes place just over two years after the events of Lies and Locke is up to his usual tricks. I don't want to say too much as it is difficult to say anything that without giving away large amounts of the plot. Basically there are a great amount of boats and naval action in this book and its brilliant. Its very much like Pirates of the Caribbean 3 if it had been good.

The best bits of the book for me were the usual flashback chapters in which you get to see Lockes recovery from his ordeal in the first book and how it is not only the physical aspects that he has to deal to with the psychological as well. As always Jean is Lockes rock and the relationship between the two "brothers" is brilliant.

A number of my friends told me that this was not as good as the first book, and I was afraid to start it because I thought it would not live up to my expectations. I don't think that this is better than the first book which set the bar very high. I do however think that this is just as good. 

The only downside of this book is that Lynch tends to take his time with writing the follow up (although it took George R. R. Martin six years to write Dances With Dragons after Feast for Crows and in the back of crows he says that he will have a new one out next year!!!!!!!!! sorry rant over.) The cliff hanger at the end of Red Seas Under Red Skies will have you screaming to get your hands on the next one.

Brilliant book and a great continuation of the story.