the_cat’s Reviews > The Blade Itself > Status Update

Quite good fantasy. I loved some of the characters, like Inquisitor Glokta, so glum, so pesimistic. Of the only 2 women in the story one is a savage so she's fine as she is, but the other is rude and drunk all the time. How can Jezal be in love with her? Love is blind. :P
The +500 pages aren't justified here. There is not that much happening and only very slowly. I'd have appreciated a map...

“Wait for the signal,” he whispered to himself. “Wait for the signal.”
The guy forgets the signal, forgets there is a signal, forgets he has to wait... rotfl