Lee Hunts

“Our belief is often strongest when it should be weakest. That is the nature of hope.” I finished reading the Mistborn trilogy. I have only read the first era, and I don't plan on reading further, either at all, or, at least, for quite some time. Either way, I found this series to be incredibly enjoyable to read. Mistborn does an excellent job setting things up for potential cliché before pulling the rug from under you in ways that you rarely catch on to. In this post, I will talk about the first book in the series, The Final Empire. Summary In the first book of the series, we have an Empire ruled over by a man called captain redundancy. It's a weird name, but you quickly start to look over that fact as it sinks in just how powerful this man is. He is a terrifyingly powerful man who had ruled over this Empire with a tyrannical fist for a thousand years. And, yes, he is immortal. There is no hope for those who suffer in his Empire. The plebes of society, known...

“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 ...