The series is fantastic but it does get quite heavy in a lot of ways. Very heavy on the ways people and societies are shitty to each other, but the central theme of it really is compassion.
The Lies of Locke Lamora would make a fantastic show/movie if done well, and I feel like the vast majority of it is pretty screen-friendly. Basically just some minor cgi for the scorpion-hawk and Falselight and you’re good.
I feel like Tahani and Eleanor are both high int low wis, just different alignments. Not sure about Tahani but I’m pretty sure Eleanor is chaotic neutral
Feel free to read it, obviously lol. It wasn’t outright bad, just so dull and I had really high expectations from all the hype it got. Beautiful cover though, I’ll give it that.
A lot of those are excellent but The Priory of the Orange Tree is one of the most boring books I’ve ever read. The high-level idea isn’t bad, but the big bads are just evil because… they are? Most of the characters are pretty flat, the worldbuilding is incredibly shallow (ok the religions seem semi-interesting, but they get mostly glossed over) and I only finished it to see if there was something to all the hype that I was missing. Having major characters be women/LGBT+/POC is awesome, but those things alone can’t carry a book, especially one this big.
Bitching over, sorry. Replace that one with The Library at Mount Char or How To Lose The Time War.
Edit: bitching NOT over, where the hell is goddamn Baru Cormorant?!