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The Blade Itself
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June 14, 2010
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July 8, 2010
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Our extra pick for the month! Read it if you hate zombies.

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What Members Thought

Silvana
Third read (August 2025) - Seems like I do TFL reread once every six years. Glokta's still awesome but flawed, Jezal's still a twat, Logen's still pookie, Dogman's still boring, Ferro's still...angry? Also I forgot about Logen-Ferro vs 20 Practicals' fight scene. That was cool.

And it is funny to read all the familiar (family) names of the Lords here as their descendants were also in the Age of Madness trilogy. I hope Joe writes more in this universe. I wanna see Savine's twins in power!

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Tanvir Muntasim
Sep 20, 2012 rated it really liked it
At last, a writer to keep us occupied while GRRM huffs and puffs his way to the next book! No disrespect to Abercrombie, but his dark fantasy with its dosages of cynical humour is the perfect way to get over the unrelenting gloom of Song of Ice and Fire series, the hottest fantasy series running now, and Abercrombie has found his own unique voice in the sub genre of dark fantasy full of deeply flawed characters. Focus on characters rather than an alternate world keeps this interesting and devoid ...more
Rod Dunsmore
Oct 17, 2012 rated it it was amazing
Great book. This is the first Abercrombie book I've read. He creates very interesting characters. Good story arc, interesting world he's built. Leaves you on a cliff hanger so you have to go right into book #2. I kinda expected that when I got into it. ...more
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