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These are fantastic books. It's really refreshing to see a fantasy series that isn't bogged down with description. All the dialogue feels pretty natural, and whereas other fantasy is quite often unrealistic in it's dialogue, Abercrombie just comes along with a line like 'gently caress you, you loving pig fucker' or something that makes it so much more realistic (insofar as books like these can be). Spoilers for the First Law trilogy: Psychotic though they all are, when Glokta realises Severard and Frost are betraying him and kills them made me sad. I really wanted for these three psycho's to make it through together.  Spoiler for Best Served Cold: So I always interpreted the whole incest thing as being more like an insult and an attempt by whoever said it (it's been a while since I read it) to weaken her standing with her group. I guess some of the flashbacks with her brother were a tad creepy. Like I said, it's been a while since I read it so if I've totally missed something, do tell.  These books are the bomb, anyone who's into fantasy should read them.
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Kaddish posted:I don't remember Sulfur being an eater. Yeah, he is. He's the one who killed the decent Prince, so that Luthar could become king under Bayaz's influence. There's a conversation when Luthar is all 'but how is he an Eater, I thought they all worked for Khalul' and Bayaz is all 'not all Eaters follow the prophet.  '
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Tipped posted:
Yeah I really liked that he introduced a third, minor player in the big mystical struggle. Bayaz and the Union, Khalul and the Ghurkish and now Shenkt and Styria.
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Picked it up for £6.99 on Waterstones online store, advise any UK goons to take advantage of this. Very good price for a newly released, fairly long hardback book. Also thoroughly enjoyed it.
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spandexcajun posted:No idea how I found it, but this persons deviantart sketches are cute. Apart from logen and Vitari I have literally no idea who all those characters are supposed to be. Is that the same guy who did cutesy drawings of GoT characters who are like massive rapists or torturers?
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They're terrible is what they are.
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Lmao they look like they're all being played by the same actor in different wigs. Peter Sellers/Adam Sandler style.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I'm not through this book yet, only just started, but so far I just wanna say, Leo is such a dumb motherfucker who acts like a sullen child more often than not. Sadly, the advice 'Be Gay, Do Crimes' was only half followed by Leo, thus leading to his downfall. Interesting that they never mentioned what happened to Glaward and Jurand after they were caught, that's got to come back into it in book 3. Also enjoyed that even the glimpse into Antaup's POV during the battle heavily hinted at him swinging a sword for the other team too. Leo And The Boys, so gay they all became soldiers together instead of just loving. a shitty king fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Sep 21, 2020 |
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Ccs posted:Sounds like he had some tv stuff in progress… Isn't he a TV editor as well? Could still be doing that on the side, authors don't make too much right? Even if they're mildly successful.
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adebisi lives posted:Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say he's finally getting a book adapted to film: Extremely good casting choice. Wonder if they'll keep the incest.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:It's not my nine seasons of HBO prestige drama but it's a good start. Nice standalone story. The continuity stuff is easily cut (King Jezal in the brothel, etc) and if they ever wanted to adapt the Blade Itself they could probably just swing BSC as a prequel, so Monza is already queen by the time the Blade Itself begins. Doesn't affect too much else.
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