The Blade Itself
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Logen Ninefingers, infamous barbarian, has finally run out of luck. Caught in one feud too many, he’s on the verge of apt a dead barbarian – leaving nothing behind him but terrible songs, dead friends, and a lot of pleased enemies.
Nobleman, dashing officer, and paragon of egocentricity, Captain Jezal dan Luthar has nothing more treacherous in mind than fleecing his friends at cards and dreaming of glory in the fencing circle. But war is brewing, and on the battlefields of the frozen North they fight by altogether bloodier rules.
Inquisitor Glokta, cripple turned torturer, would like nothing better than to see Jezal come home in a box. But then Glokta despises everyone: cutting treason out of the Union one confession at a time leaves small room for friendship. His latest trail of corpses may lead him right to the rotten heart of government, if he can stay alive long enough to follow it.
Enter the wizard, Bayaz. A bald ancient man with a terrible temper and a pathetic assistant, he could be the First of the Magi, he could be a spectacular fraud, but whatever he is, he’s about to make the lives of Logen, Jezal, and Glotka a whole lot more hard.
Murderous conspiracies rise to the surface, ancient scores are ready to be settled, and the line between hero and villain is sharp enough to draw blood. Unpredictable, compelling, wickedly amusing, and packed with unforgettable characters, The Blade Itself is noir fantasy with a real cutting edge.
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This book has one of the most stupid sentence I have read in a book . Jezal say in page 68 “he couldn’t afford to be seen walking.. with a stout girl on his arm. I’t could ruin his reputation”.
As a stout girl I thanks mister Abercrombie ,because I not going to buy the additional two books , perhaps if a stout girl like me read his books could ruin his reputation .
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book from the Science Fiction Book Club and returned it lacking finishing the book. The swearing was excessive and offensive, and I establish the writing to be very crude. So, not only did the book not have any fluidity in writing, but I establish myself annoyed with what I was reading. Usually the SFBC gives a warning about excessive swearing, but they must have discontinued that practice, since there was no warning. So, I hope this will help additional readers to be aware of the language in this book before purchasing.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
Books one and two are fantastic pieces of work. Very impressive. Book three is a joke on the consumer. There is no ending. You’ve been warned.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The first book in Joe Abercrombie’s “The First Law” series, entitled The Blade Itself, will feel very familiar to most veteran fantasy readers because it is essentially a duller version of George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire books. Lacking too much effort it is probably possible to match up each character in Abercrombie’s book with one of Martin’s characters (Abercrombie’s tortured torturer Sand dan Glokta and Martin’s beloved imp, Tyrion Lannister, are only the most obvious). The setting of a British isles inspired medieval land is also generally the same, as is the vague menace in the North and a variety of additional plot parallels. Usually a comparison to Martin would be glowing praise, but in this case, Abercrombie does a C or C- job of mimicry at best. The dialogue fizzles, the plot is ponderous and lacking twists, the villains are not particularly compelling and neither are the heroes. In fact Abercrombie, despite packing his novel with torture, blood, romance, swordplay and magic, manages to turn out a dull and completely forgettable addition to the fantasy genre. The only high point in the whole book is Glotka’s two dentists speech, but it is fleeting and the meme of toothlessness is otherwise beaten to death. I have nothing against Abercrombie’s use of the sincerest form of flattery itself, but the copy must still hold some weight on its own and not make the reader want to simply place it down half-way-through and pick up the original.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book based on the reviews here and a forum that I was on that suggested it was as excellent as George R.R. Martins, Song of Ice and Fire. Having just finished A Feast for Crows I was hungry for a COMPLETE series that was getting rave reviews. I bought all three books at once and set them aside. I was soon to be taking a 14 hour plane ride and I knew I would need a fantastic book to kill some of the time. What a let-down. I read about 10 pages and srarted to worry. I remembered reading a review that said the book ongoing with a kickass fight scene. Far from it. After about 50 pages I only kept reading because I had small else to do. After about 70 pages it was a battle to continue reading and I set it down. My chief complaint is that I felt like I was reading a book for children. If I still had it I would place some direct quotes from the book but I sold all three on ebay allready. If I was able to get excited about even one of the characters then I would have stuck with it. Anyway I am now reading David Gemmells stuff and loving it. I wish I had these on the plane!
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5