The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner (The Queen's Thief, #1)

About

This is one of the most common book series I hear about. Everybody loves it—the main character’s wit, the plot twist at the end, the whole series. Because of this, I had high expectations going into the story...and they might have been a little too high.

I found most of the book to be pretty boring. I don’t love reading about journeys in stories, especially when I don’t know what they’re journeying to or why. But I enjoyed the second half when the action picked up, and there was more adventure and thieving.

I think the ending had a good setup for future novels, so I’m intrigued to keep reading the series. In general, I would probably recommend this one because so many other people have enjoyed it more than me and there wasn’t much content in it.

Thoughts

The king's scholar, the magus, believes he knows the site of an ancient treasure. To attain it for his king, he needs a skillful thief, and he selects Gen from the king's prison. The magus is interested only in the thief's abilities. What Gen is interested in is anyone's guess. Their journey toward the treasure is both dangerous and difficult, lightened only imperceptibly by the tales they tell of the old gods and goddesses.

Content

Swearing

• Somewhat gross descriptions of his wounds

• “d*mn” (used 13 times)

• “h*ll” (used once)

• lots of swearing by the gods

Violence/gore