Yay! A new, fat, juicy, doorstopper of a series for me. I really should have tried before but the hype, the debate over series order and all the "iconic origin of grimdark" claims had me pausing. It is a fairly traditional epic fantasy from the voice of a soldier and physician. A world without exa...
It was a night for screams. A broiling, sticky night of the sort that abrades that last thin barrier between the civilized man and the monster crouched in his soul. The screams came from homes where fear, heat, and overcrowding had put too much strain on the monster’s chains. There are no self-pro...
This series focuses on the exploits of a mercenary company (the black company) that at the start of the first book gets roped into serving a force of evil. We then follow said company through the eyes of its annalist as they fulfill their tour. The first thing that stood out to me was the disjoint...
I'd been meaning to read this for years, and really expected to like it better. I'm down with dark fantasy; I don't expect (or want) nothing but sweetness, light, and happy little elves dancing a merry jig. So I didn't have a problem with the rather grim miasma that pervaded this book. But someho...
I was not impressed by this book. People speak very highly of it, and one of these people was Steven Erikson, the author of The Malazan Book Of The Fallen series. Now I quite enjoyed Malazan, and since I enjoy seeking out the influences of things I appreciate, I thought I'd better read me some Glen ...
I just couldn't get into the book, unfortunately. A lot of interesting things happened, but I couldn't get emotionally attached to characters, so nothing they got themselves into really touched me. I don't care about the typical nobody being singled out by a powerful entity thing and it rarely work ...
Excellent storytelling in a slightly insidious, unreliable narrator style that may not be for everyone.The Black Company is something of a fantasy classic, but it's quite different from almost anything else out there. This is no black and white world, it's black and grey, and soaked red with blood. ...
I'm not usually one for stories about antiheroes but this was really a great read! It had a mix of incredibly witty characters, an excellent storyline, and it was (mostly) well written. Highly recommend to all fans of epic fantasy, especially if you've enjoyed Scott Lynch's Gentlemen Bastards series...
3.5 starsA bit disjointed for a first-person narrative. Not as dark or gritty as I'd been lead to believe. Undecided on whether I'll continue with the series. I'll sleep on it and make a decision later.
Some of the reviews for this book were surprisingly negative, enough so that I was actually a little concerned that it wouldn't be any good. I think a lot of that were that the book has been around three decades, and has not only had time to be picked at, but also is victim of being compared to many...
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