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Not sure my local book shop sold it to me Friday morning and I don’t think they were supposed to so I’m just reading it and keeping it to myself for now. Don’t want an Abercrombie Snape kills Dumbledore moment.
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:I read the first book, and maybe its just the young protagonist? I agree with you, though. I think Y/A books have always dealt with mature content, but from a younger persons perspective. The language may also be a little simpler, but I can't think of examples. It’s been awhile since I read the books, but now thinking about it the language was toned down slightly, but I don’t recall much else (besides the young protagonists) being anywhere close to what I associate with YA. I guess my associations with YA are confined solely to the Harry Potter novels or the Hunger Games books. Other than those, and of course Joe’s YA books, I haven’t really read anything else ‘YA’ (unless you count Catcher In the Rye).
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I read the YA trilogy, the first one was so-so but then the POV in the second book swaps to a girl who is way more interesting, better at politics and much less bland as a protag. Off memory, very early in the book (minor scene spoilers) she reacts to getting the brush off and everyone deciding not to help her family... by shanking herself right there in the meeting room and saying she's the only one in the room who isn't a little bitch that's afraid to bleed* *paraphrased
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Started re reading these books. Just finished Best Served Cold. Just learned theirs a new book coming out tomorrow. Excited for that. But now I have to finish the other books all the sooner. Edit: The Heroes is definitely my least favorite book in the series. Dont care for northmen when you have more than one in a party. Elmon fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Sep 16, 2019 |
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Sep 16, 2019 18:56
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You’re crazy. That was my favorite.
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RCarr posted:You’re crazy. That was my favorite. Calder is the best character in the book. Wonder if we’ll see him in the new book...
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You haven’t read Red County yet, and that was my least favorite. To many long slogs of low activity, and Shy and Tenple left me a little wanting, as Abercrombie protagonists go
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All of you are equally mad. Each Abercrombie book in the first law series is better than the last. The Heroes might actually be better than Red Country but the setting of RC is so good that I chose to overlook this fact. Temple is a great character though his catchphrase of "Oh god" needed a little work.
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Hemp Knight posted:Calder is the best character in the book. The best thing about Scale and Calder was Logen naming his oxen after them
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The Puppy Bowl posted:All of you are equally mad. Each Abercrombie book in the first law series is better than the last. The Heroes might actually be better than Red Country but the setting of RC is so good that I chose to overlook this fact. Temple is a great character though his catchphrase of "Oh god" needed a little work. Heroes will always beat Red Country for me just because of That Chapter. I’m a sucker for some enjoyable POV shenanigans.
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coolusername posted:I read the YA trilogy, the first one was so-so but then the POV in the second book swaps to a girl who is way more interesting, better at politics and much less bland as a protag. I think you may be mixing up the second and third books. Thorn is great but she is not good at politics. The second book was my favourite of the three, even though the interplay of the two protagonists was very obvious.
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Probably, it's been a while! Point is that the other two are better than the first by a fairly ok margin
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Ugly In The Morning posted:Heroes will always beat Red Country for me just because of That Chapter. I’m a sucker for some enjoyable POV shenanigans.
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Only managed to read for twenty minutes when the new book downloaded last night- didn't realise we were getting a pov of Finree's kid. The Dogman's daughter, too.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I definitely like Heroes more overall but glama golden's chapter in red country slays me. Don’t forget his fight against Lamb in the ring, when he finds out that he’s about to go back to the mud.
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Hemp Knight posted:Don’t forget his fight against Lamb in the ring, when he finds out that he’s about to go back to the mud.
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I found Red Country a bit bland but yeah the Glama Golden fight was baller. As was the later fight with the mercenaries where Logen is throwing severed body parts at the mercenaries and laughing - I know the Bloody Nine is meant to be horrifying and nauseatingly bloodthirsty but he's also badass.
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:This is the one I meant - did he have another? Ah, thought you meant the earlier chapter where he talks to Shy/goes to the barbers.
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I think I'm the only person I know who likes Best Served Cold best. I'll never get over the whorehouse clusterfuck scene peaking with "apologize to my loving dice!!"
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I think I enjoyed Red Country the most because it was the least misery inducing of the three.
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Lord Cyrahzax posted:You haven’t read Red County yet, and that was my least favorite. To many long slogs of low activity, and Shy and Tenple left me a little wanting, as Abercrombie protagonists go It was a decent book, but my least favorite too. I think that was more of a genre thing for me though since the book is basically a Western set in the First Law universe. Obviously I am not a huge fan of the Western genre.
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ZombieLenin posted:It was a decent book, but my least favorite too. I think that was more of a genre thing for me though since the book is basically a Western set in the First Law universe. Obviously I am not a huge fan of the Western genre. This is my thought as well, though I also don't love the revenge "genre" but BSC just made me love its weird crew of characters.
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Neurosis posted:I found Red Country a bit bland but yeah the Glama Golden fight was baller. As was the later fight with the mercenaries where Logen is throwing severed body parts at the mercenaries and laughing - I know the Bloody Nine is meant to be horrifying and nauseatingly bloodthirsty but he's also badass. lol that scene was the first thing I thought of when I saw Venom. “...why??” “Pile of bodies, pile of heads!” 
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thumper57 posted:I think I'm the only person I know who likes Best Served Cold best. I'll never get over the whorehouse clusterfuck scene peaking with "apologize to my loving dice!!" I liked BSC because it was basically Abercrombie doing a novel in the style of Tarantino. It's probably my second or third favorite of his.
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The Heroes is probably the best novel Abercrombie has ever written, though I do get that the northmen have a very distinctive voice, and if that voice annoys you then half of The Heroes will annoy you. Personally I love those good-old-boy, weed-smoking, landlocked Viking/hillbillies. I simultaneously enjoyed Red Country the most out of all of the books, and spent the whole time I read it cringing at how blatantly it was ripping off other sources. There are some chapters where you have to wonder if Cormac McCarthy could sue for copy write infringement, and other chapters where you’re like: “Oh, this is just a scene from Unforgiven” or “Oh, this is blatantly just Deadwood, isn’t it?” And, like everyone points out, Shy South is blatantly the same character as Cass from Fallout: New Vegas. It’s a fun book to read, though. Maybe it’s just that being very aware of the influences going in made it a strange experience for me.
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The three non-trilogy books were Abercrombie blatantly sitting down to write his version of very specific things (a revenge movie, a Gods and Generals type war novel, and a western) so I found playing “spot the inspiration” to be a pretty fun part of reading them.
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I'm really enjoying the new book so far, I was worried that I wouldn't get attached to the new characters as easily but so far I'm loving all of them!
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Oh my god I can't believe I forgot The Incredible Ronco
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This book is definitely better enjoyed as an audiobook. I could almost believe it was written specifically to be read by Steven Pacey, he absolutely nails the voices and inflections and tones for every scene. There are just way too many blubbering gurgles and fucks that are actually meant to be 'fuuuuurghhcks' for you to give them appropriate justice in your head. The preview chapter dude posted earlier is case and point as far as that goes.
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Yup. https://www.audible.com/pd/A-Little...p_c1_lProduct_1
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RCarr posted:Is the new book out on audiobook yet? I am almost done listening to it. It came out either the day or the day after the print release.
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I love that Stephen Pacey gave Glokta's daughter just a touch of his "accent". It's perfect.
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thumper57 posted:I think I'm the only person I know who likes Best Served Cold best. I'll never get over the whorehouse clusterfuck scene peaking with "apologize to my loving dice!!" That whole scene is a perfect farce, and I love it.
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Amazing book, definitely met my expectations. Read it all in one day like I knew I would. My only gripe was doing the partner swap thing again with Orso/Savine/Leo/Rikke. We already saw this in BSC. Sure was a lot of loving
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About to start reading the new book. Any important sections of the previous books I should review beforehand? Particular minor characters, secondary plot arcs, etc? It's probably been 5 years since I read the original trilogy and 3 years since the other novels.
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Magitek posted:About to start reading the new book. Any important sections of the previous books I should review beforehand? Particular minor characters, secondary plot arcs, etc? It's probably been 5 years since I read the original trilogy and 3 years since the other novels. I’m early on, but Best Served Cold has many direct references.
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I have the book currently but I'm honestly afraid to read it because I know I'm going to want the next book in the trilogy. Maybe I'll re-read beat served cold.
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Magitek posted:About to start reading the new book. Any important sections of the previous books I should review beforehand? Particular minor characters, secondary plot arcs, etc? It's probably been 5 years since I read the original trilogy and 3 years since the other novels. Go in blind. The references will be there for you and certain things, if forgotten will be gut punches all over again.
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So based on the prophecy I'm assuming we all think Logen Ninegfingers is going to show back up in book 2 based on the prophecy mentioning a lamb eating a wolf or whatever it wasMagitek posted:About to start reading the new book. Any important sections of the previous books I should review beforehand? Particular minor characters, secondary plot arcs, etc? It's probably been 5 years since I read the original trilogy and 3 years since the other novels. That Ardee's kid is the bastard daughter of King Jezal is probably the main thing that changes how you read the book. It gets revealed to a character at the end of the book if you forgot it was a thing and can be shocking there if you didn't know it or forgot.
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