re: The Gentleman Bastards

Your ideas a well thought out. I think you'll like the role Locke plays with the Bondsmagi, and I think you'll like how the book ends. I did, at least.

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but damnit I want the next chapter in the saga.

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The original release date for Thorn of Emberlain was September 2016. Last update I saw was Lynch asking fans 6 months ago to give him perspective on a gay character. Since then, not much.

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don’t care about that. Have a gay character, so what. GoT is full of them.

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I don't disagree. Just saying that Lynch will feel the need to virtue signal with this character, so he'll probably play a large role.

He's done similar things over the past two years. Hope he means it this time. Speaking of short stories, take a moment to read the one I linked earlier.

Got 1/3 of the way through Republic of Thieves last night / this morning. Just getting into it but very good so far - the interludes in this book are awesome.

I really like how Lynch uses the interludes in his series to provide backstory / set-up. He avoided having to have those introduction books in the series where you get a ton of info dropped and have to work through everything chronologically.

I've read series where each books jump around in terms of the timeline, but nothing of this format where it keeps jumping back like Lynch does. It really adds a lot and is probably a big part of why the book 1 and all was so well received. He fed you just enough of the intro stuff that you need for that book and didn't muddle the story with a bunch of stuff that won't be important till later.

Ya he didn't go back to the beginning in Book 2 like he does in 1 and 3. But he still uses the device in Book 2 to show the time between the end of Book 1 and the start of Book 2 - which is a nice way to show the plot moving faster and a mix-up from the straight chronological story-telling you typically see.

Book 3 wasn't as good as the other two for me. Still enjoyable, but just had more of a set-up feel and didn't seem as cohesive essentially telling two full stories.

Hopefully Lynch will be able to finish the series at some point, as least he is still somewhat young

I'd rather him take the time and get it it right - creating something like that is a lot different than going to a 9 to 5 and putting then the hours.

It's his life's work so I'm sure he wants to get it done more than anyone.

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i really liked the 2nd book as well, but i've always been a fan of pirates and i guess its kinda piratey

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Ya I thought it was done really well in that regard, but you just don't see that kind of stuff a lot in fantasy. I used to read a ton of the Redwall stuff when I was little, and it has some of that sort of stuff.

Republic of Thieves was solid, was just kind of a major backstory and set-up book. I enjoyed it, definitely some of the revelations, but not quite as much as the first two.