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I don't know how to rate this or what kind of review to write for this.....
Fuck it, I don't care what people think...I love this damn series. I will read it over and over and over again. I loved it so damn much that I ordered and bought the graphic novel...even though I can read it for free online. The First Law Graphic Novel Ugh..Its so flawed with these fucked up characters that I love them anyway. How is that I ...more
WTF!
I don't know how to rate this or what kind of review to write for this.....
Fuck it, I don't care what people think...I love this damn series. I will read it over and over and over again. I loved it so damn much that I ordered and bought the graphic novel...even though I can read it for free online. The First Law Graphic Novel Ugh..Its so flawed with these fucked up characters that I love them anyway. How is that I ...more
Apr 04, 2014
David
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it was amazing
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Staggeringly terrific. THE FIRST LAW TRILOGY is the most satisfying read I've come across in over 10 years or more. Think I'd have to go back to when I first read the first three GAME OF THRONES volumes right in a row that I wolfed down in a single week.
There's just so much to love about these books it's hard to know where to start. Top of the list must be the characters. And most of all Logan Ninefingers, The Bloody Nine. Perhaps one of the greatest characters in Fantasy. Certainly one who wil ...more
There's just so much to love about these books it's hard to know where to start. Top of the list must be the characters. And most of all Logan Ninefingers, The Bloody Nine. Perhaps one of the greatest characters in Fantasy. Certainly one who wil ...more
I enjoyed this book immensely. At times I was worried, scared, sympathetic and laughing out loud. The ending though, while good left me wanting a bit. The ending was true to the series in every way but I feel like it fell just a little short.. Honestly I could not have come with a better ending so this is more of a 4.5 that a flat 4.
This review pertains to the entire series of The First Law. Don't worry--there's no spoilers!
On Twitter, Joe Abercrombie has taken the moniker of @LordGrimdark as a tongue-in-cheek joke acknowledging his status as a symbol of the trend in fantasy literature toward flawed characters and gritty realism. With such anti-heroic characters and bloody plots, one might think that his books would be bleak and nihilistic.
However, Abercrombie deftly wields a powerful secret weapon: gallows humor. It is cyn ...more
On Twitter, Joe Abercrombie has taken the moniker of @LordGrimdark as a tongue-in-cheek joke acknowledging his status as a symbol of the trend in fantasy literature toward flawed characters and gritty realism. With such anti-heroic characters and bloody plots, one might think that his books would be bleak and nihilistic.
However, Abercrombie deftly wields a powerful secret weapon: gallows humor. It is cyn ...more
A great ending to a wonderful trilogy.
Mar 28, 2011
Andrew
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really liked it
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Oct 01, 2018
Chris
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it was amazing
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