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[kingofattolia]

a (VERY SPOILERY) list of things about Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

C-C-C-C-C-COSTIS

alrigHT so when did you all realize “the Attolian” was Costis????

as soon as Kamet met him at the docks i was like “alright this is Costis isn’t it”

then Kamet’s like “he told me his name” and DIDNT ACTUALLY GIVE US THE NAME and i was like. alright. ccccoSTIS

of course he makes sure to emphasize how honest and guileless “the Attolian” is at every turn. ((((costis)))))

COSTIS GIVES ARISTOGITON’S NAME AS AN ALIAS IM SCREAMGIN

then Kamet calls him “the most eloquent nonspeaker” he's ever met (((COSTIS!!!)))

NO OFFENSE BUT i love costis ormentides more than my own life

THIS BOOK DOES HIM SO GOOOOOOD. you finally get to see what Costis looks like from an outside POV. in KOA we experience Costis’s own perspective & frustration & humiliation at being constantly manipulated and played like a fiddle, but in Thick as Thieves he’s the fricken star and we get to see him competent and fearless and good. i’m in awe.

i love the care and dignity the minor (even offscreen) characters were treated with in this book. Laela and Nahuseresh's other slaves. the runaway slaves. the family whose pots Costis re-tinned.

costis re-tinned peoples pots

Kamet is a completely different person by the end of the book than he is at the end. at the beginning he's lying to himself about being content and well-off in his gilded cage, and at the end he's real

"the Attolian, who was now clearly revealed as a madman,"

Costis is literally like a one-man Delta Force

fights lions

defeats elite Mede warriors even while outnumbered

snaps necks with his bare hands

casually outfoxes a gambling den full of miscreants

treats wounds

basically carries a swooning Kamet across the entire Mede Empire in a bridal carry

what a guy

i love how Costis recognizes Immakuk and Ennikar. because of course running into the gods on a street corner is something you do when you hang with Eugenides

remember when Costis got his fortune told by a priest? has anyone figured out what "Remember Immakuk. Pay the fastener," means? because i gotta admit i'm lost

eugenides. what a magnificent piece of work. i love how Eugenides is the reason Kamet hates Attolia

"any idiot could do it" im howling. not all of us live in a library, Gen. he probably said it just to see Kamet's face

ok how many of you called that he was the errand-boy from the beginning? because i was not among you

i thought "who in heck is this errand boy? he's clearly nobody normal because Costis is finding all kinds of things wrong with his story"

but did i suspect Eugenides? no. no, i did not. because i am a fool

so................ the kitchen staff were putting sand in Eugenides's food because......... he had worked there undercover as an errand boy before QOA. this...... is fine

"What a piece of work he was. I don't know why I like him as much as I do." i'm going to remember this quote forever as the perfect encapsulation of Eugenides

personally i don't think i like "First Person Compulsory Field Trip to Attolia" books as much as i like "Third Person All Eugenides All The Time" books. but lbr i would still die for Thick as Thieves

THE. BABY.

also, before i leave the subject: "the king's health was also poor." what the FRIC does THIS MEAN!??!

!!!!!!!!!???????!!!!!!!?

I DONT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS BUT I'M SCARED AND READY TO FIGHT ANYONE

did i mention CCCCOSTIS

honestly i wish that the part after they arrived in Attolia could have been 5 times longer than it was and had 100x more Costis than it did.

WE DIDNT EVEN GET TO SEE COSTIS AND EUGENIDES INTERACT?

call the police i've been robbed

i like how Kamet realized that he was wrong about Eugenides literally the moment he walked into the room even though he can barely see and Eugenides hadnt even done anything yet

Kamet e dai Annux

time to wait another 7 years to find out whats up with Sophos and Eddis