The Lies of Locke Lamora

I had pretty high hopes for this book, so it might be partly my own fault, but I'm a bit disappointed.

In theory I should have really loved this. The world is great and wonderfully detailed, and the characters all sound interesting, but for some reason it never fully clicked for me. Events were unfolding and I found myself struggling to care much, even if I knew that what was happening was exciting.

Though there were a few parts I really liked, and they were all around the first half of the middle and the very end. Especially the last few pages (excluding the epilogue) I really liked and was one of the first times this book made me feel something. Aside from a certain other absolutely terrible event.... Poor fellas :( I do love the Locke/Jean relationship, but it's not enough for me to love this book or to check out its sequels, unfortunately.