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getting old in mke

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30. Joe Abercrombie's "First Law" trilogy

Thu Nov 23, 2017, 11:04 AM

Nov 2017

Listening.

Really enjoying it. Dark, violent epic fantasy with characters that grow. Ain't nobody a hero here. Just lots of (some deeply) flawed characters doing what they think they have to do in very uncomfortable situations.

At this point (halfway through the second book), it seems Abercrombie is going to mess with the underlying conflict in a way that will make the reader unsure that what the apparently "good guys" are doing is in support of a good end. Nice.

It puts me in mind of Savage Sword of Conan pen and ink comics from the 70s/80s.

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