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The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, Book 3) (original: 2006; edição: 2007)

de Megan Whalen Turner

Séries: The Queen's Thief (3)

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Eugenides, still known as a Thief of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins as he strives to prove himself both to the people of Attolia and to his new bride, their queen.
Membro:Sekaterina
Título:The King of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, Book 3)
Autores:Megan Whalen Turner
Informação:Greenwillow Books (2007), Paperback, 432 pages
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The King of Attolia de Megan Whalen Turner (2006)

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    themulhern: The books in the series have the same kind of arc. Lymond is small, irritating, and astonishing, just like Eugenides. And he has a tortured relationship with his one true love, just like Eugenides. The Lymond chronicles are for a more mature audience and are much better written, but the similarities are inescapable.… (mais)
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I anticipate re-reading this series, and especially this book, many times. They're full of sweet and funny moments, broad political power struggles somehow made fascinating, and clever tricks whose foreshadowing is often sprinkled across several books.

In The King of Attolia specifically, I love the way that the characters slowly unfold themselves to each other, becoming more vulnerable and more dangerous at the same time. Costis is charmingly blunt and is a great way to see Gen from a new perspective. In many ways he's the opposite of our perspective character from the first two books, the Magis, but it's still so fun to watch him get to know the queen's thief.

I don't want to spoil anything, so I should probably leave it there. I'll just add that Attolia, Phresine, the gods, and Gen's cousins have a cozy space in my heart and I wish all of the books featured them as much as this one does. ( )
  AdioRadley | Jan 21, 2024 |
First off, I don't understand why I found this book in the children's section of the library. The plot is so complicated, the revelations so subtle, the themes and tone so mature. (And there are zero children in it.)

The story follows the twists and turns of the struggle for political power in an imaginary kingdom called Attolia. In this book we see things primarily from the perspective of Costis, a member of Attolia's Royal Guard. As he is but a pawn in the great chess match that unfolds here, it takes the reader quite a bit of effort to figure things out before (or as) Costis does. Suffice it to say, I found it kind of difficult to follow myself.

I wanted to like this book (mostly because people whose taste I respect liked it and because I loved The Thief), but I didn't. While reading it I felt like MWT lost sight of her original audience, like she got so into the head games her characters were playing that she forgot about the young reader trying to enjoy a good story.

Also, I got the distinct impression that she avoided writing what would've been the most interesting scenes. We see relatively little of the Queen and King, and instead are forced to tag along with a rather boring ancillary character (sorry, Costis). Where's the fun in that?

And, finally, one of my biggest peeves was the (SPOILER ALERT) abandonment of her original supporting characters by the end of the story. What happened to Sophos? To Eddis and the Magus? Perhaps there is a fourth book in the works. I think the only way I'd be tempted to read it is if MWT went back to first-person narration, especially if said narrator was Gen. ( )
  LibrarianDest | Jan 3, 2024 |
Wasn't as good as the first two books, but still enjoyable. ( )
  nilaffle | Nov 6, 2023 |
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  freixas | Mar 31, 2023 |
It seems like every book in this series is an experiment. Like in the second book, this one is written in third person, but we follow mainly one character closely (similarly to the first book). This character has the wrong idea about Eugenides and their realizations about him don’t come as a surprise for the reader.

The story continues with Gen being the King of Attolia and in this book he is being seen through the eyes of a guard called Costis. This guard is very loyal to the queen and he doesn’t think Eugenides is fit to be king. Slowly, Costis finds out that the king is more than he appears and he starts to respect him.

The pacing was better in this book than in the second one, being more similar to the first book in the series. There are some funny moments and some mysteries that make for an engaging narrative.

My main problem with these books is that I like the main characters, but everyone else isn’t developed enough. Even though I liked Costis, he wasn’t always the most interesting character to follow and the reveals about Eugenides are not surprising to everyone who has read the former books. It was an interesting, but odd choice to continue the story through the eyes of this character. It gave a bit more insight about the guards and servants in Attolia and how they see their king and queen, but some scenes felt a bit unnecessary.

Overall, I liked this book about the same as “The Thief” and not as much as “The Queen of Attolia”. ( )
  elderlingfae | Aug 11, 2022 |
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