![]() Still, The Blade Itself is full of compelling storytelling.Ībercrombie has assembled quite a cast of characters: Logen Ninefingers, a Northern barbarian also know as the Bloody Nine Sand van Glokta, once a talented soldier but now a state inquisitor Jezal dan Luthar, an arrogant soldier/nobleman who also happens to be the Union's best swordsman Major Collem West, Luthar's superior, and Ardee West, Collem's sister and Bayaz, an ornery old wizard said to be the long thought dead First of the Magi. ![]() ![]() Abercrombie successfully navigates away from many of the fantasy tropes we all know so well, yet utterly fails to avoid others. The depth of the various characters is quite well done as they each come alive in their own way and the story, while long (527 pages this is only the first book of a three part series), is intriguing and suspenseful enough that I had more than a few long reading nights with this one. ![]() The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie is a gritty, in-your-face, rollicking good time of a story. ![]()
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