Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora

Uh-oh: another book with George R.R. Martin's praise on the cover. Could I make it through more than 700 pages of Scott Lynch's novel? Yes, it turns out, and in less than a month.

( Cut for length )

Now, in preparation for Halloween, I'm reading Frankenstein -- the 1818 version, not the better-known 1831 redux. I'll see how Shelley launched a genre.