Fantasy Buddy Reads discussion

Sept 5th

Should be a torture-tastic time :)

Looking forward to the story of how Glotka became Glotka.

Anything taking us back to the world of the First Law is great.

Are you joining with us Cheesu?

Yes! Local library has it so I'll pick it up closer to the date.

Okay I just got the notification in my email this morning that you guys are buddy reading this one. I am in! This is the only First Law book I haven't read (I actually read the first three stories awhile back but I'll gladly re read).

Can't wait.

Fabulous! We get to br two books this month together Andrew!

Very nice! Looking forward to both!

A Beautiful Bastard 3*

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It was an enjoyable enough story but it would have been much better told from Glotka's perspective and then included his treatment at the hand of the Gurkish to see his transformation from beautiful bastard to crippled bastard.
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Small Kindnesses 3 *

(view spoiler)[I was hoping to see what drove Severand to the life of the inquisition. This one started slow but the end was entertaining. (hide spoiler)]

Scott wrote: "A Beautiful Bastard 3*


It was an enjoyable enough story but it would have been much better told from Glotka's perspective and then included his treatment at the hand of the Gurkish to see his tra..."

Yes! I felt that way too. I enjoyed Glokta's pre-crippled bravado, but I believe Mr. Abercrombie is holding on to more Glokta stories, including the transformation, as an ace in the hole. Here's hoping it sees the light of day.

Whirrin of Bligh is one of my absolute favorite characters.

YOU. Stop reading without meeee!!

And I was worried that I was going to fall behind because I had to finish up my previous book and it took a couple days longer than I expected! Really enjoying this trip back to the First Law world!

"Wrong Place, Wrong Time" -- OR "The one with all the micro stories from Best Served Cold in it"

Started last night and currently on chapter 6. Good flow to the story thus far, hoping to see more old favorites in there (Cosca), and interesting to see the pre-tortured Glotka.

(view spoiler)[very powerful scene with the eaters and people in the temple. I'd like to see a short story or viewpoint with the eaters as I feel there's lots of potential (hide spoiler)]

The Fool Job, 1*. I was bored to tears. I should have liked that a lot more given it was Craw, Wonderful, Never and characters I've generally liked from the other books but holy shit was I disinterested and bored.

Skipping town, 4*. OK that was fun.

Hell, 3.5*'s. Temple, such a coward and yet I want to like him.

Two's Company. 4.5*'s and by far my favorite story. I couldn't help but picture Margret playing the role of Shev while (view spoiler)[Whirrun and Jarve rutted!!!!!!!! (hide spoiler)]

LOL you must have loved reading this one!

Wrong place, Wrong time 1*, I just didn't find any of the stories that interesting.

Some desperado 2*. I'm burning out on these. The stories just aren't interesting enough and his quirky writing style is losing it's appeal.

Lol I knew the scene as soon as it came on... totally me

Like the time (view spoiler)[I was at the beach with two people who shall remain nameless when they decided to live out some sort of public escapade in the water... then after me glaring at them for 5 min straight upon their return have the balls to say "what's wrong?"

..... I said "I hope you get E.Coli you dumb shits" (hide spoiler)]

["I hope you get E.Coli you dumb shits"

LOL

Scott wrote: "["I hope you get E.Coli you dumb shits"

I would have opted for chlamydia. BTW if you get the chance watch I'm Sorry on USA. Somebody from my wife's work recommended it and we watched the first episode last night. So inappropriate and funny.

Now I'm definitely intrigued. I'll have to see if I can watch it here somehow, I'm kind of behind the times on my television sourcing

I'm done. I have to say I'm so happy to be done with JA. I don't think I'll get to Shattered Seas for a long time. I'm burnt out on his writing style.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of Joe Abercrombie. But there's no one else that does what he does. Kind of like a literary Tarantino. Not many could make a book like The Heroes, which is essentially plotless, covering 3 days of battle, into something so entertaining. I loved it. While his style doesn't necessarily lend itself to short stories, the fact that these are all basically add-ons to characters from previous books makes it fun for me. I've read all of the First Law and the first two books in Shattered Sea. He moved away from that style on Shattered Sea and I can say with certainty that it was not for the better. I enjoyed those two books, but they can't hold a candle to the style and characters from FL.

The second half of Heroes was good. Even with the characters I was pretty frustrated with the first half.

I love Shev and the Lioness

Done now.... sigh. Basically pointless is how I feel about that installment. I. WANT. THE. FALL. OF. GLOTKA!!!!! Goddammit just fucking package that up and mail it to me already Joe.

(view spoiler)[ that end scene with Logen though... holy fuck that shit was dark (hide spoiler)]

JA is writing a new trilogy set 30 years after the trilogy and 15 years after Red Country. All new characters with a smattering of the old. I'm sure we'll see the first Magi. Book one won't be released until all three are completed. I like that approach as compared to the Martin/Rothfuss/Lynch method.

That's fantastic news about a new trilogy.
How can anyone truly wish Glotka to fall? He is all that stands between the Union and ruin!

Fellow mods, may I archive this and Red Country to make room for the fresh read?

Yes