The Blacktongue Thief

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Pero todo cambiará cuando su grupo elige la presa equivocada. Cuando el trabajo sale mal, Kinch se convierte en el compañero de alguien muy letal, pero afortunadamente para él, muy misericordioso, al que acaba de intentar robar en unas escenas que ya te saca unas cuantas carcajadas. I gotta mention one thing that I may have not been fair with, in one of my reading updates, I mentioned some info dumping at the beginning. I blame myself for that because there were many new terms and I thought that I needed to remember everything but it was mostly part of Kinch’s humor and I just could not take things more simply. Retrogradely, I can tell that the important parts worth remembering were clear and I did not even had to make an effort to remember them! Buehlman is an excellent writer who has honed his skills in other (closely related) genres. I think he carries something from his historical fiction over to this book in as much as his use of songs, sayings, ways of speaking, and ways of viewing the world all add a strong sense of place and time. Obviously every fantasy writer strives for this, but Buehlman brings something fresh to it and achieves great things. Kinch may be one of the best POVs I’ve ever had the honor of tagging alongside. Through his eyes, we see sprawling landscapes, treacherous seas, hideous goblins, massive giants, huge war-birds, and so so much more. But what makes him so captivating is his mouth. Through his story-telling, every single piece of the larger picture is so accurately laid in front of the reader, dropping you into each scene with just enough description as to not overwhelm. His personality alone is enough to fill a room, what with an overabundance of sarcasm mixed with a teaspoon of sensitivity. Anyway, this was fun and often funny as hell, with some great invented swear words and ways to swear.

I love magic that is inventive, creative and that plays loose with 'rules'. No exposition dump about how it works, you just get a lil' bit of magic here and there. Good stuff. If you’ve never fallen hard in love and lost your heart’s sovereign, go on and laugh at me. If you have, have a drink and dab an eye.” Kinch’s voice is immediately impactful, hitting the right darkly humorous note from the outset. There’s nothing contrived about it, it’s natural and consistent, with more than an edge of snark. It works well with the pace of the novel, which is more like UF, but the scope of the worldbuilding is nothing less than epic. While I haven’t read his other works, it seemed to me that the author’s horror past is evident throughout, and especially in his depiction of the Goblin Wars. There’s a brutal reality to these wars, and to the goblins themselves, devastating in their effects both personal and worldwide. They intrude upon the narrative in surprising ways, in terror filled battles and silly diversions. A horrifyingly high stakes game of tug-of-war remains on my mind as I'm writing this ... months after reading. But just because its a pitch dark world doesn’t mean it can’t also be funny. If you like your humour crude as hell, that is. It's clear that this won't work for everyone, but Kinch is worth all the gutter talk.One of the most impressive novels I've read in a long time— clever, imaginative, and extremely well written."—Arthur Golden, New York Times bestselling author of Memoirs of a Geisha Fantasía cínica para adultos en un mundo con personajes detallados, matizados, intrincados y que comienza fuerte. Lo mejor es que apenas decae. Lleno de acción con grandes escenarios que conducen a un crescendo final donde cada hilo ha sido cuidadosamente tejido e integrado. The desire to depict so many women in control of the world and the narrative came from one of Buehlman’s world-building ideas: “I wanted to present a world that would show the reader how artificial the idea of patriarchy is,” he says, “and how it could be turned on its head with a big enough catalyst.” There is a trend for a lot of grimdark to be archly funny and ‘meta’, which a writer like K.J. Parker is really good at. The fact that Kinch is beholden to the Takers Guild for his education as a thief, a debt he is unable to pay off and hence ends up in servitude to them, of course strikes a contemporary note. This book was an absolute delight from start to finish. I laughed out loud so many times, it might now hold the record. It’s that dry, sardonic humor I always appreciate combined with a strong voice that carried the entire story. Definitely unconventional, it was funny without being stupid and animated without being overdone.

Christopher Buelhman is a favorite author of mine, but I've been caught up with his work for a while now. When I saw this was coming out soon, I jumped on the chance for an ARC and here we are. To be honest? I think this is the best thing he's written so far!Jarril sensed the bird coming up on his flank and stopped his run, wheeling to face it. He didn’t have time to do more than raise his axe before the thing speared him with its beak where no man wants beak nor spear. His heavy chain mail hauberk measured to his knees, but those birds punch holes in skulls, so what was left of Jarril’s parts under the chain mail didn’t bear thinking about. He dropped, too badly hurt even to yell. Frella yelled, though. I glanced left and saw Pagran bent over, covered in blood, but I think it was Frella’s—she was bleeding enough for both of them, spattering the ground from a vicious underarm cut that looked to run elbow to tit. Parte de la construcción del mundo, como la historia del mundo o su sistema mágico, se cuenta a través de los monólogos internos de Kinch o mediante el diálogo directo entre los personajes. Información llena de cinismo, lo hace ágil, adictivo.