Rik’s Reviews > The Blade Itself > Status Update
Rik
is 40% done
At just a little halfway through, I'm dropping it. I heard nothing but wild praise for this series and the characters within, but after 200-something pages, nothing has happened, and every character talks and acts EXACTLY alike. There's no real world to get lost in and the characterization is extremely lacking.
— Nov 02, 2023 07:31PM
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Rik
is 6% done
For being as bleak and oppressive this world is, everyone has crazy senses of humor.
— Feb 20, 2025 07:24PM
Rik
is starting
Was wanting to read some violent, dark fantasy like Song of Ice and Fire, but knowing that series is never going to be completed in book form, I sought out the next best thing, or so I'm told.
— Feb 20, 2025 05:43AM
Rik
is 13% done
I am legitimately happy to be back in the realm of epic fantasy; A grimdark one at that! It's a bit more character focused than some I've read which is making learning about the world in which it's set in a tad more difficult than I am used to, but the characters thus far - Jazek, Ardee, Glokta and Logen Ninefingers - are all very likeable in their unique ways.
— Oct 30, 2023 09:00PM
