The Republic of Thieves

I liked the story. I liked the flashbacks. I liked Sabetha.

I really liked the dialogue, and certain lines in general. I found myself highlighting more than usual.

This book made me a bit “meh” on Locke as that relationship really just drags his character down. They're hinting that there's something more behind his very obsessive infatuation but booooooy. I like her but she has no idea what she wants and is absolutely not worth waiting for. (I feel like a parent sometimes)

It's also a bit too bad that the cat-and-mouse game in the book isn't all that present (or even just happens behind the scenes). Instead we got Locke and Jean constantly being thrown for a loop, which got tiring after the third time of that happening.

I think there could have been more fun with the politics aspect of it, which is a sentence that you don't hear me say often. Election-rigging! Come on! I just missed the scheming in general.

The first two thirds were very strong. The last third (coincidentally) focused a bit more on the Locke/Sabetha aspect and that may be why I wasn't as interested. The note on which the book ended was great though. Overall, I liked it a lot! Just a few things that left me a teensy bit annoyed.