Lee Hunts

I just finished reading Best Served Cold, by Joe Abercrombie, which is his take on the . . . you guessed it . . . romance story. As such, the book opens with the main character being betrayed, her brother being killed, and then her being thrown off a mountain to her death. Her survival was a miracle, and from there she plots her revenge, swearing to take down seven men that were present at the time of her betrayal. This book is similar to Before They Are Hanged in that there is a ragtag team of people who all hate each other at the center of the story, struggling to work out their differences. The change is that these people all have prior histories, and one's filled with betrayal and killing, adding an interesting backdrop to the story. I really enjoyed this story. From beginning to end, I was engaged, and despite the revenge story structure being straightforward, the story is unpredictable and fun, with Abercrombie's twists on the story making it only better. Overall (No Spoi...

“Honour, eh? What the hell is that anyway? Every man thinks it's something different. You can't drink it. You can't fuck it. The more of it you have the less good it does you, and if you've got none at all you don't miss it.”                The First Law Trilogy is a grimdark fantasy written by the author Joe Abercrombie. A grimdark fantasy is notable for being anti-Tolkien in nature. The genre dismisses the hopeful, idealist aspects of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings and replaces it with violent, amoral, and nihilistic themed storytelling. The most notable of this genre would be GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire series, though Martin has rejected the nihilistic charge. In contrast, I would say The First Law does seem to be more brazenly nihilistic. Review (No Spoilers) Overall, I did enjoy the series. If you are the type who can't read a book with characters that have unapologetically repulsive quirks, or a book with ...