The First Law

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History of the First Law World. Refresh for another article. Who is your favorite point of view character in the First Law trilogy? The poll was created at Retrieved from " http: I REALLY enjoyed the book, it showed the fascinating world of badass likable characters and enlarged my database of quotes. View all 25 comments. Nov 07, Rick Riordan rated it it was amazing. It's been a while since I read a fantasy trilogy all the way through, back to back.

Joe Abercrombie's The First Law series was too compelling not to finish in a single marathon. The first book, The Blade Itself, introduces a cast of well-developed, complex characters throw together in a world loosely based on medieval Europe. At first, it's not entirely clear what the major story line will be. It's also not clear who the good guys and bad guys are -- kind of like real life.

If this sounds like A It's been a while since I read a fantasy trilogy all the way through, back to back. If this sounds like A Game of Thrones, well, yes -- the series are very different, but they do share some elements: Logen Ninefingers, the Northern berserker, alone is worth reading about, but he's only one of many great characters. San dan Glokta is the coolest, and definitely the most sympathetic torturer I've ever encountered. If you like fantasy, check it out, and stay with it until the end of the third book. The ending is both satisfying and unexpected. Sep 19, The Shayne-Train rated it it was amazing.

I'll start this review by saying that, currently, I have Goodreads friends which is really something, as I doubt there are even 50 people in my real life that I can stand. Out of those friends, 59 of them have either read this book, or have it on their to-read shelf. Pretty much one in three. Numbers don't lie; they can't. So I doubt I'll be introducing the concept of Mr. Abercrombie's genius to anyone. In fact, this would be pretty much the perfect example of "preaching to I'll start this review by saying that, currently, I have Goodreads friends which is really something, as I doubt there are even 50 people in my real life that I can stand.

In fact, this would be pretty much the perfect example of "preaching to the choir. Abercrombie is a fucking genius, and this book ranks in the top ten best fantasy books ever written. The sheer number of reviews on this will let me squeak on by with no synopsis of plot, or detailing of characters. In fact, the quality of the writing is making me feel as if me even writing a review is somewhat superfluous. But I cannot move on to my next chosen book without gushing a bit.

I want to marry this book. I want to be Mr. Shayne Itself, and have, like, a million gritty, fascinating babies with it. I want to look into its eyes as we make love, and let it know that I'm proud to grow old with it. But as my beloved state of Maine has not yet legalized the marriage between a human and a breath-taking work of literature, I cannot.

I can only write a ridiculous, unnecessary review of it. View all 23 comments. Jul 17, Robin Bridge Four rated it really liked it Shelves: If you love fantasies that focus on the characters a little more than the world building then this is totally for Sale Alert: If you love fantasies that focus on the characters a little more than the world building then this is totally for you.

There is not one Mary Sue character in the bunch. The men are just as diverse. You are never quite sure what you are dealing with when working with Bayaz. Sometimes he seems almost fatherly or grandfatherly but then other times he is just downright scary. He definitely has a plan and through most of this book he was just bringing his group of misfits together to travel on and possibly cause a lot of mayhem and havoc. Then there is a completely different cluster of characters living in a city with a mad king and a magic tower that has been locked for centuries.

He was so easy to hate in the beginning, but much like Han Solo he might be redeemable in the end. He has had a tortured life, like literally and now he is the torturer. What is my story now, I wonder? But he knows that monster he is and the political game that he is playing could get him killed at any time. The strong point of this story is the characters and the complexity of their actions. It seems more like this is Part I of a page book. But now that we have met everyone and the stones have been cast I imagine the next book will have more plot details happening.

Recommended for people who like there fantasy a little on the grungy side. View all 32 comments. View all 16 comments. Aug 16, Stephen rated it it was amazing Shelves: Absolutely outstanding debut novel. This book is as good as the fantasy genre gets and I can not wait to read the sequel. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel 6. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel Sadly, what had to happen finally happened: I grew tired of them, and spent years avoiding them, until a little bastard named Jorg came along in February, and then I thought: There are still fantasy books I can enjoy.

The Blade Itself is one of them. If I can't deny Actual rating: If I can't deny that this book contains a few great action scenes which were grandly appreciated really , yet it's by no means a full action-packed book, far from it, and I'm okay with it. Because there's more to it, and that's why it could hold my interest. Indeed there's just something in political and murder subplots in fantasy that appeals to me and never fails to captivate me. In the contrary, in my opinion Abercrombie does a great job at both introducing a detailed world-building and an interesting cast of characters without never falling on the boring side.

This may have something to do with his compelling writing, you know? Moreover there's nothing better than gritty, witty and hilarious dialogues in my book , and The Blade Itself is filled with them. Once again, my growing interest in the story can be linked to the blurred lines between good and evil or you know, right and wrong. That's fucking fantastic, because although I used to read a lot of fantasy books when I was younger, I grew tired of the great knights in shining armors many series promote. Because that's boring as fuck. Therefore you can guess how ecstatic I am when I come across a book where these stereotypes are torn to pieces.

I don't need fairytales endings and super bright heroes. Because you know, I don't really like them most of the time. Why don't I give 5 stars to the plot then? Because in my opinion it stays quite unoriginal for a fantasy book, and sometimes the fact that it's a setup for the second book is obvious. Anyway, I find myself wildly eager to learn what will happen in the sequel , now that the die has been cast.

These little bastards made my day. As you might have understood, none of them is likeable. Of course I love them all, what do you think? As Logen would say, let's be a little realistic here: I wouldn't want to meet them in a millions years - but the truth is, it's almost never the case with my favorite characters, because I have the bad habit of falling in love with characters who share a questionable sense of morality.

Lately I realized that the only multi-POV I can handle are fantasy ones, and I really think that's because the characterization is amazing in these cases: Meet this disillusioned warrior. Hey, you have to be realistic about these things. Give him a knife and watch. Talk about a selfish witty brat. Okay, he's quite the little whining shit. Slap him hard because he deserves it, but loves him anyway, because Oh, come on, look at this beautiful declaration: You've got work to do, little Jezal.

God, how I enjoyed his sarcasm! Last but not least, tremble before him, here comes Body found floating by the docks I'm not gonna lie, I feel like I'm supposed to hate him somehow I mean, the guy cuts fingers for a living for crying out loud! But I adored his cynicism, and in the end, he's probably my favorite so far, because he's maybe the most complex of all, and I love me some multi-layered characters.

He should have spent more time in the Emperor's prisons. Or is it Jezal? I wouldn't be able to make a choice between them to save my life. Finally, in addition to their own awesomeness, the character dynamic is impressive: Watch this huge smile spreading on my lips. That's happiness for you. I need to say something about the kiss scene. Her tongue lapped at his teeth? Please, don't do this. For more of my reviews, please visit: View all 50 comments.

March Reread done and stars re-awarded. I did not expect this level of awesomeness. I did initially give this 5 stars due to superb characters, but downgraded it after some consideration regarding the plot. I know Lord Grimdark is a very popular author, but I had tried one of his books a few years back and did not care for it as much as this one. It was good, but that was just where it stopped for me. This book though, hit all the right not March Reread done and stars re-awarded. This book though, hit all the right notes.

It did take me a couple of chapters to get into it, but by then I was thoroughly immersed. Loved most of the characters and for different reasons. They seem to be able to surprise you with the unexpected just when you think you know them. Some were wicked and some were just plain freaking bad-ass. And one was Sand dan Glokta. This guy rocked this book. I could quote so many lines Mostly this book IS about the characters, rather than showing us all the cards where the plotline is concerned.

And although the overall arc seems to be secondary to setting up the world and its characters, Mr Abercrombie has done enough to keep me reading. Might be that he has just started the ball rolling, and we are about to hit the downhill slope! Even if the plot does get stuck a bit, he has given us a fantastic character pool to keep us entertained. Really looking forward to the next one in this series. The little bit of history interspersed throughout was also SO interesting. Really wish I could find out more about the past of this world.

Seems like so much knowledge has been lost in the time since the Euz brothers passed from this world. View all 4 comments. Yeah, I thought so. Martin, and while I thought the story was interesting, the pacing was terrible. The ending, especially, dragged like nobody's business, and I had to force myself to read the book in time for my book club. I actually owned books 2 and 3 in The First Law series for about five, six years now, but never started them because I was lacking a book 1. When my friend Mary agreed to do a buddy read with me, knowing her penchant for fantasy I thought this would be a winner.

Plus, my brain gets super lazy when it sees a page count that exceeds Buddy reads are a super handy tool for corralling lazy brains into reading long books - two birds, one stone! Let it be so! The story was good, and the characters were complex, but the pacing was awful. The beginning was so tedious that I remember thinking to myself, "I wonder how much Mary will hate me if I put this book down slowly and pick up a bodice ripper instead?

Probably not at all, Mary is super cool. But I have a modicum of honor, so I forced myself to keep reading and the book very gradually got better as other characters entered the fray. This kingdom is called Angland and the threat is coming from the North. The main characters are Logen a barbarian soldier ; Bayaz, a bald-headed, legendary magician; Glokta, a promising soldier who was tortured horrendously and now leads inquisitions involving torture himself; Jezal, a spoiled rich boy soldier, and the fantasy equivalent of a whiny frat boy; and Ferro, an escaped slave who is deadly and desperate to escape, even if it means her own death.

Like GoT, I definitely was interested in some characters more than others, to the point where I'd skim if I'd see certain characters' names I see you Ferro and Logen. Also, this book suffers from a problem a lot of other fantasy novels written by men have - it doesn't have that many fleshed out female characters. Yes, yes, I know about Ardee and Ferro, but Ferro really didn't feel very complicated to me, she felt like a dude's idea of a "tough girl": I didn't really appreciate that, as a woman. The last time I brought this up about a fantasy novel, I actually had some dude come onto my review and mansplain fantasy to me.

Did I not know that women are not the intended audiences of fantasy novels, he asked, mansplainingly, because that is not the "domain" of women. Or something like that. I forget the exact words. LOL, maybe the problem isn't that women aren't interested in fantasy; maybe the problem is that we don't see ourselves reflected in any of the characters, so we have to stick with books that have titles like SUMMER OF THE UNICORN which, incidentally, is not a bad book, and is certainly a much better book than anything written by Heinlein, who is as trashy as all-get-out and yet, bizarrely, his work is regarded as literary by some - wtf?

My favorite characters to read about were probably Bayaz and Jezal. I felt sorry for Glokta, but all his obscene gum-licking and his constant gripes about stairs LOL, but seriously, I think every time his narrative was mentioned, he talked about the stairs at least once made him feel a bit one-note.

The scenes where he shone were the torture scenes which are graphic and disgusting - you have been warned and the scenes where he seems vulnerable, like when his past comes up or when he softens a bit towards Ardee and West. I found that touching. Logen was boring, but he wasn't a bad character. Ferro was irritating, for the reasons I outlined earlier. The best scenes in this book were probably the journey into the tower and the sword-fighting duels; Abercrombie is good at writing sword fights.

Did I enjoy this book? Yeah, more or less. I'd read books 2 and 3 since I already own them, but I don't think I liked this book enough that I'd rush out and buy the sequels if I didn't own them already. It wasn't bad, though, and the world-building grows on you as you read. I hear that books 2 and 3 really gain steam and become darker yet, so I guess I'll have to wait and see what Abercrombie comes up with next.

View all 11 comments. Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse. Never have I seen grey characters portrayed perfectly, the characters are so amiable that its easy to overlook their morals.

The Blade Itself

The book is also original, well written battle scenes, cultures, good dose of romance, diversity etc. World building and Writing I always appreciate a good world build Life—the way it really is—is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse. Characters Glokta my favourite in this book, his backstory is so emotional, Am still wondering how he goes on with his life and not give up. Something else I love about him is his dark humour, he is so cynical and pessimistic that he has picture tons of way that he could be killed.

Here are some of his dark humour. Is this where I beg for mercy? Is this where I crawl on the ground and kiss your feet? Your Practicals will have to kill me sitting down. Bash my head in. As long as they get on with it. Glokta shuffled after him, leaning heavily on his cane, worried about his footing on the slimy floor. That would be perfect. In countless raids and skirmishes and desperate defences, and bloody actions of every kind. A woman tried to stab me once for killing her husband, and I threw her down a well. Jazel never have I seen a character as shallow and selfish as this guy, he acts like the world revolve around him, not to mention he is also lazy and proud, what a combination.

He wiped his face, and then—his favourite part of the day—gazed at himself in the looking glass. And what a jaw it was. He had often been told it was his best feature, not that there was anything whatever wrong with the rest of him. He turned to the right, then to the left, the better to admire that magnificent chin. Not too heavy, not brutish, but not too light either, not womanly or weak.

Ferro the only female with a POV, this woman is bitter and brutal, am already shipping her with Logen. The Emperor wants to make an example of you. He has it in mind to put you on display. View all 6 comments. View all 8 comments. I read for entertainment, and I don't read to be depressed about the darker parts of human nature, because I'm quite familiar with them already, quite frankly, and so I saw this book and thought "not for me". But, still, when you see a book recommended by, seemingly, everyone, time and time again, you can't help but be a little curious, even if in a morbid kind of way.

And then this book was voted in for the BotM in one of the groups I'm in, and I was assured by a friend who read the book that it was more gritty in the paraphrasing "sweat and violence and man sort of things" and not in the aforementioned "bleak and disheartening" kind of way. So I gave it a whirl. Well, I can say this for it - it's not bleak and disheartening, unless you count being disheartned by being so underwhelmed by a book so lauded by so many people.

So I suppose I best actually talk about the book at some point. In short, this book reads like the sort of typical "gather your party" type thing, but that's all that it is. I saw someone else compare it to being like if you were reading LotR and the first book ended right as the Fellowship was preparing to leave Rivendell. I'll agree with that, and add to it that it's more like if the bits before Rivendell, bloated as they were in LotR, would be further bloated by getting character portrayals - thoughts and feelings and bits of background - of Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Boromir before we meet them.

We would see Legolas in the forest, with his people. We would get glimpses into his personality, we would travel with him to Rivendell, so on and so forth. And, you know, that might even be interesting if it was done well. But when every encounter you have with a character is pretty much the same as the last encounter you had with him, with some minor differences, then it starts to feel less like "character development" and more like boring redundancy.

Also, one part of the story which is lauded by others is the awesome action sequences. Probably because I didn't care all that much who lived or died, but also because I pretty much "knew" how the fights would end when they began, and I was never wrong. All-in-all the story suffered from predictability a lot. Not to mention amateurish writing and hackneyed dialogue.

But, anyway, it wasn't all bad. I did, actually, quite like the character of Glokta. Well, ok, maybe "like" isn't the right word, but I found him interesting enough and I'm curious to see what becomes of him. I also generally like West and Ardee, and Bayaz had his moments. I might read the next in the series. Now that the set-up is finally over, I can hope that the next one moves along at a better pace, and that things actually get rolling.

I've also been promised that there's character development and intrigue and things which are occassionally glimpsed in this book, which promises the potential for more. And I've been told that the writing improves, too, and that can only be a good thing. So, while this book ends up pretty low in my rating, I probably will read the next one at some point.

Afterall, I do already have a copy of it, so it seems a waste not to. I can't see myself rushing to get to it, though. View all 18 comments. World building — The world-building is quite good. Not too fancy in here yet , and there's a lot to be revealed in the following books. Basically there are 3 main cultures — one is similar to the medieval European culture, another one is similar to the European barbarians, and the third feels like the ottoman empire.

War between those cultures is very imminent as it seems. Plot — Interesting things always happen in this book, and the pace is great, but if I think how much the plot had evolved through the whole book, then I can say that we just finished exposition to the series. For the matter of fact, I find it satisfying because we had a great opportunity to get a better feel of the world and characters, and its length was just perfect.

Bottom line — I really enjoyed reading this book, the characters, the pace, and the writing were all great.

The First Law

View all 10 comments. Oct 26, Eric Allen rated it did not like it. I tried to read this book. I got over halfway through, but I just can't go any further. It's too damn boring and pointless. I hate every character in it. I'm not interested in what's going on in the slightest. I keep making excuses not to read any more of it. A good story is about interesting people doing interesting things. And this one lacked both of those things. I should never have to force myself to keep reading, I should be excited and compelled to read by what's going on and I tried to read this book.

I should never have to force myself to keep reading, I should be excited and compelled to read by what's going on and how it's written, and I'm just not.

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If a book is so bad I can't finish it, it gets one star by default in my rules of reviewing that I made for myself when I first started out. I really wanted to like this book, because I hear a lot of people saying such great things about Joe Abercrombie, but holy crap, this book is just a complete and utter failure to tell a compelling story in every single way imaginable.

If this is what I can expect from the author, I don't even want to try any of his other books. At over halfway through, the book doesn't really have any reason to exist. There's no point or purpose. There's no goal to be achieved. There's no impending doom, or mysterious questions that need answering. It's just a bunch of things that happen, rather than any sort of cohesive story or narrative.

There's like three completely separate and independent plotlines that lave little to nothing to do with one another, and are all equally as pointless and boring. I don't like or don't care about any of the characters in it. I don't care what they're doing or why, when the author even bothers to tell us why.

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I don't feel any sort of attachment to any of the people, places, things or events. This is not how good storytelling works. It's just a bunch of things that happen, with nothing tying them together in any meaningful way, and about characters that either a. Not a great way to pique my interest. Chapters would start out, and my first reaction to seeing which character it was about would be, "I don't care. When you don't like, or don't care about any of the characters in a book, there's no emotional attachment.

And without emotional attachment, there's no tension or drama, because those things come from caring about the characters, and a genuine desire to see them succeed and overcome. If they're so bland, or without character that they might as well not even exist, and the reader is constantly asking why am I reading about this person, he's not doing anything interesting or important, and he's about as interesting himself as a plank of wood. Or are so loathsome that the reader actually dreads another chapter about them, you have failed as a storyteller.

So yeah, I give up. I tried, but there's just nothing in this book I found even remotely interesting, and I just can't force myself to try reading any more of it. Sorry to any Abercrombie fans out there, but I'm done with this one, and good riddance to it.

No ending, no matter how epic and awesome, can ever make up for the boring, soulless, and all-together pointless drudgery of the rest of the book leading up to it. There are far more interesting ways to set up a series than this. Thanks but no thanks. I'll go find something worth the time and effort to read. If anyone has a suggestion on a Joe Abercrombie book that is actually worth reading, rather than this boring, pointless mess, meaning a book about interesting characters doing interesting things, rather than characters that are boring or loathsome, doing things that are pointless, completely unconnected to each other in any meaningful way, and boring as sin please let me know, and I'll stick it on my to-read list.

But if they're all like this one, please don't bother, because I didn't like it at all, and I don't want to read anything like it again. If all grimdark is this funny I need more of it in my life. I laughed, I cried, I shit my pants What more could you ask for?? View all 12 comments. This is definitely one of those awesome non-typical fantasy novel, there's no knight in shining armor, there's no maniacally laughing villain, there's no battle of good against evil, and I honestly still have no idea what the hell is going on! Some art from the series comic adaptation Even though this book read more like a giant prologue than an actual installment of its own, I loved it to pieces..

Yes, it was slow at times, yes you feel like nothing much has happened overall, but damn it if those This is definitely one of those awesome non-typical fantasy novel, there's no knight in shining armor, there's no maniacally laughing villain, there's no battle of good against evil, and I honestly still have no idea what the hell is going on! Yes, it was slow at times, yes you feel like nothing much has happened overall, but damn it if those characters weren't among the finest I've ever read about! I was just happy following them in there day-to-day life, learning more about their qualities and flaws and holy crap there was a bucketload of those!

Take for example Jezal, the pompous git who reminded me of a more competent version of Gilderoy Lockhart, or maybe Prince Adam before he became the Beast. I found myself loving that little shit despite his arrogance and self-importance. Another shining star was Logen Ninefingers aka the Bloody Nine, the brute savage, despite following him for a good chunk of the book, we only find out more about him near the end, which adds more intrigue and mystery to him. And can we talk about how hilarious it was when he finally arrived to civilization and was terrified by a fountain?! And finally comes my baby Glokta, the best swordsman who ever lived, turned Inquisitor and torturer after he lost nearly everything following a horrifying stay in the Emperor's prisons.

Of course, there's a whole crew of amazing side characters, all three dimensional with some twists and turns. The writing was witty and straight-forward, descriptive just to the right degree to immerse you in the world of the Midderland but not bore you witless. So all in all, I loved this dark and twisted story and thank goodness I bought the whole trilogy in one go because I immediately ran to pick up the second book! Mar 13, Jokoloyo rated it it was amazing.

TLDR part, before review: There are details from Book 1 that still relevant until the end of Book 3. And it is basically one book in three volumes. I perceived some reviewers that only read the first book only rated lower ratings, because the story at the end of Book 1 is not finished.

I praise this low-fantasy series, because the unusual POV characters. Most of th TLDR part, before review: Most of the POV characters in this book usually pictured as villains in other stories. In what other novel you set a cynical torturer, a proud and corrupt young officer, a sociopath bandit, and an aging barbarian view spoiler [ with multiple personality hide spoiler ] as protagonists? And there are interesting minor characters too. Despite the tons of brutality in the story, there are some humours found here and there.

And they are really hilarious. I have no idea how the author could balance delicately between humour and bloody violence. Some people see this series as a dark fantasy, as illustrated by Darey Dawn in DA: Some people see this series as a light story as illustrated by missqueenmob in DA: View all 7 comments.

Aug 07, Evgeny rated it really liked it Recommended to Evgeny by: Northern barbarian Logen Ninefingers tries to stay alive in the wilderness while being pursued by his enemies.

When he receives a message that a powerful wizards looks for him, he decides to take a job even without having a clue what the said job is about. In the southern capital of the Union this is the name of a kingdom a crippled inquisitor Glokta does his job - a little too enthusiastically. He used to be a dashing military officer, but several years being a prisoner of war made him practic Northern barbarian Logen Ninefingers tries to stay alive in the wilderness while being pursued by his enemies.

He used to be a dashing military officer, but several years being a prisoner of war made him practically handicapped with the only good thing that came out of this is his current ability to scare his prisoners by his appearance even before the interrogation. In the same city a young officer Jezal trains for an upcoming fencing tournament. He does not like the training, but has to take at as his reach father has high hopes for him.

This is how the tale starts. Some more characters introduced later and they and the ones above meet and interact with each other. The first thing noticeable right away is the quality of writing: There are no clumsy passages, bad or forced dialogs, and so on. After a while one also notices the quality of written characters. The majority of them feel like real people - they act and talk naturally, even the ones with minimal screen time. I can only think of two exceptions where I felt major characters were somewhat wooden Major West and his sister , but considering this is only the first book of the trilogy they still have time to develop.

Several other things of note: I finally found a realistic description of absolute monarchy with all its corruption, decadence, and power fights. Utopian absolute monarchy with a nice kind king became a fantasy cliche started by none other than Tolkien, but as the real history shows it is not realistic and never lasts long. I also finally found an ancient great wizard - the greatest living - who shows his humanity and does not behave like a demigod who occasionally teaches mere mortals bits of wisdom; the examples are too numerous: Gandalf, Dambledore, Pug, Ged come to mind right away.

So why 4-star rating then? The book feels like a giant prolog for the things to come. There is a huge buildup, but nothing exciting happens until the last couple of chapters and even then it feels like a warm-up. Glokta keeps doing his routine job, Jezal keeps practicing, etc. I was able to put down this book at any time without any regret.

The buildup I mentioned kept me interesting and hopeful; I began reading the second book of the trilogy right away in anticipation. The Blade Itself [Sep 1, ] 57 45 Sep 06, The Blade Itself [Oct 27, ] Nov 23, He moved into television production before taking up a career as a freelance film editor. During a break between jobs he began writing The Blade Itself in , completing it in He currently lives and works in London with his wife and daughter. Other books in the series. The First Law 3 books. Books by Joe Abercrombie. Trivia About The Blade Itself Quotes from The Blade Itself.

Axes and maces and so forth are lethal enough, but they hang on the belt like dumb brutes. Sheathed it has little to say, to be sure, but you need only put your hand on the hilt and it begins to whisper in your enemy's ear. A word of caution. Do you hear it? Now, compare it to the sword half drawn. It speaks louder, does it not? It hisses a dire threat. It makes a deadly promise.

Now compare it to the sword full drawn. It shouts now, does it not?

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