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Ballsworthy posted:Nope, Monza totally hosed her brother I gave up on Best Served Cold about 5/8s through and have 0 regrets. Every single chapter was the exact same setpiece. 1. Monza identifies the next hit and the team sets up 2. Bickering/Squabbling 3. Slight setback in the assassination plan 4. Long battle/assassination piece 5. Someone betrays somebody 6. Gore 7. Musings about nature of revenge. Then, next chapter. No one was likeable. The writing veered into grimdark. The characters were so personally hosed up it verged on comedy. But it was the predictable plot formula that finally made me put it down -- I found myself thinking "oh, boy, ANOTHER betrayal" and gave up.
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Hughmoris posted:I'm not sure if you're joking but I agree. I purchased the book and got about 50 pages into it and gave up. The writing style, plot and characters were terrible to me. I really liked the Night Angel trilogy. Really, I liked it more then TFL. The plot moves well and Brent Weeks doesn't feel as compelled to dip into grimdark realism for the sake of doing something different. That being said, every single character is some fantasy stereotype and the power levels flirt with DBZ-style nonsense. I understand hating it. Also it steals from Wheel of Time indiscriminately.
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