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Sarah1984
May 06, 2016Sarah1984 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
27/6 - Even after 103 pages I'm still not sure what I think about this book. I feel like I'm waiting for something fantastic and amazing to happen, but there's no telling when that might come to pass. Logen's chapters are definitely more interesting than Glokta's and the foppish prince's who can't fence (whose name I can't remember), especially since the battles that have been so highly praised are most likely to happen in Logen's presence. To be continued... 30/6 - Okay, things have picked a bit, we've had another couple of battles (maybe skirmishes is a better word) between Logen and some of Bethod's men and between Logen's men and some Shankas. I hope Logen and his men are reunited in this book, instead of waiting till the next one, because I really want something good to happen to Logen. Logen's the only one I can muster any kind of sympathy for, all the rest of the main characters - Luthar (I remembered his name), Glokta, Sult, and pretty much all the inhabitants of Ardua are too corrupt to be liked, and Bayaz doesn't appear to need anyone's sympathy, he seems pretty much perpetually happy and can look after himself in battle. Ferro is an interesting character, especially as she is only the second female character to be important enough to have lines or a name, and I see her 'rescuer' Sulwei as being a dark-skinned, southern version of Bayaz. I wonder what will happen when the two magic-wielders meet, if they knew each other in the past? To be continued... 1/7 - Rooves is the accepted plural of roof, right? When a word ends in F, like roof, wharf, leaf, knife, pluralising it changes it to VES - rooves, wharves, leaves, knives. Everybody knows and agrees with that statement, right? Well then, why doesn't Abercrombie? He follows the rule when he uses the words leaves, wharves, and knives, but not for rooves. Instead of rooves he writes roofs. I have also noticed a few instances of missing words, like on page 446 when Ferro says "Give it me!" instead of "Give it to me!" They are only ever small, non-essential words like 'the', 'to', 'a', and so on, but still, when it happens more than once it's a problem. To be continued... SPOILERS AHEAD SPOILERS AHEAD SPOILERS AHEAD 2/7 - Logen's just got a whole lot more interesting. To start with Logen's a barbarian with a conscience and good reasons for being so savage, but now we find out that most of what was done to earn his terrifying reputation was done under the influence. It's not clear what he's influenced by, a demon or the more mundane split personality, but I'm thinking that it'll be the demon, this is a fantasy after all. This started out slow, but I persevered and I'm really glad I did. Advice to other readers: If you can make it to 'Part 2' the pace really picks up from that point on (Ferro helps). I can't wait to get my hands on the next book.