And yet despite wanting to punch him, the man stumbles into the most interesting of situations. I spent a good chunk of the book wanting to punch Jezal dan Luther in the face, which is a credit to how much his POV was written as arrogant and self-centered compared to other characters. The simple act of him passing by important buildings, how Luther behaves around ladies and the important figures he passes, it gave so much information about both Luther and the town and its social structure – all simply by having a character go for a morning run.Ībercrombie walks that line of creating characters that you do not necessarily like but that you absolutely want to where their story goes. One of my favorite moments was watching Luther jogging through the town the first time we meet him. The introductory scenes for many of the POV characters are cinematic, not in the bombastic action sense, but in the way they paint a picture and make you feel like you’re in that big opening scene of a movie. Did I immediately feel his desperation as he fought for his life? Absolutely. Did I have any idea what was happening in those first pages as Logen flees through the woods from an assailant? No. If you’re on board for what is very clearly Act 1 of a much bigger story, then settle on down for first entry in THE FIRST LAW series.įrom the beginning, the strength of this book is how easily Abercrombie gets you into the heads of his characters. If you’re the kind of reader who needs every book in a series to have a self-contained story with a beginning, middle, and end, you’d probably be happier reading something else. My synopsis above is incredibly vague because it is so hard to pin down a clear throughline that connects all the dots – at least, at this point in the adventure. THE BLADE ITSELF is here to prove once again just how much I value characters over all else in a book. Their lives cross in unexpected ways as the First Magus Bayaz begins nudging events into motion that will have ripple effects across the whole world. A torturer for the King committed to rooting out treason. A Northman warrior who is sought out by the First of the Magi. A dashing guardsman training to win the annual Contest. As war in the North draws closer, a chain of events kicks off bringing the most unlikely of souls together.
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