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Mixed feelings.
Definitely it is not worth re-reading, otherwise it would be like Logen, pissing into the wind. Real life is depressing enough, why make it worse?
I didn't expect a happy ending, but everything, absolutely everything to...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 3 2 true Sun Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 09:37:06 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:17:45 -0700 2008 1
The plot: The series centers around the travails of a country called the Union and the characters' efforts to save it both from an invasion of Northern barbarians and one from southern crusaders (the Gurkish) led by a coven of can...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 0 5 false Sun Mar 01 19:44:23 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:41:41 -0800 2009
1) It's the third and final volume in a trilogy that up to this book was pretty much as good as fantasy gets: good characterizations, egaging plot, nice overall writing style, etc etc etc.

1a) I specifically l...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 1 false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 12:37:16 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:27:55 -0700 2008 that pitfall. And I was expecting him and Ferro to resolve thei...more...]]> 3235477 1591026903 9781591026907 42 11 Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255741854m/3235477.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3235477.Last_Argument_of_Kings 5 1 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:59:12 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 07:59:12 -0800 2008
In Last Argument of Kings, you get this, but a bit more. ...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 3 1 false Tue May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 15:42:20 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 15:49:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 1 0 false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:33:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 12:39:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 1 false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:15:52 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 08:15:55 -0700 2009
Some may be a bit put off by how grim the ending appears to be, but I would argue that there was no other way this story could...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 05:46:43 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 06:13:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 0 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 21:33:28 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 10:32:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 0 false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 11:36:27 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 13:41:15 -0800 2009 This was a refreshing series. I love fantasy books, but for some reason they end up being the same old story. Frankly that gets a little boring. Its nice to see some new elem...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 15 14:57:06 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 15:14:09 -0800 2009 Published by Gollancz, March 2008
ISBN: 9780575077898 (Hardback); 978-0575077904 (Trade)
670 pages (ARC Copy received); 544 pages in published format.

These days it’s a bit of a cliché to talk of fantasy trilogies - the type ...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 11:36:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 13:33:33 -0700 2009 1 http://preita.com/2009/07/27/the-first-l...
One of the most fantastic series ending books I've ever read. Warning: This book is violent and bloody and all the more fantastic because of it. I am surprised to find that while Logen the northerman barbar...more...]]> 3235477 1591026903 9781591026907 42 11 Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3) 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255741854m/3235477.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3235477.Last_Argument_of_Kings 3 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 01:12:56 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 00:09:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 31 06:51:40 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 06:51:59 -0700 2009
She really enjoyed the first two books of Joe Abercrombie's The First Law trilogy. This story was original, had a unique style, fascinating characters, and a darkly cynical style. She liked it. It was fresh. But she was kind...more...]]> 6237768 0575084162 9780575084162 13 1 Last Argument Of Kings: The First Law: Book Three: First Law Bk. 3 (Gollancz S.F.) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6237768.Last_Argument_Of_Kings_The_First_Law_Book_Three_First_Law_Bk_3 3 1 true Wed Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:44:56 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 05:47:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 0 false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:37:16 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 21:40:58 -0700 2009 This is a solid fantasy series. The fe...more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 0 false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 22:09:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:13:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 5 0 false Tue Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 14:36:39 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 08:08:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 944076 0575077905 9780575077904 769 117 Last Argument Of Kings (The First Law, # 3) 4.20 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/944076.Last_Argument_Of_Kings 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 09:16:23 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:56:02 -0700 2009
This was the best of the three, by far. My least favorite character, Jezal, made his transformation to something interesting...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=944076