Best Served Cold By Joe Abercrombie - Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- A review of Best Served Cold By Joe Abercrombie.
Springtime in Styria. And that means war. Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.
There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king.
War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso's employ, it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die.
Her allies include Styria's least reliable drunkard, Styria's most treacherous poisoner, a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers and a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. And that's all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down and finish the job Duke Orso started...
Springtime in Styria. And that means revenge.
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“We get Shivers eyes.”
Oh very good.
I'm so glad you've continued on with Abercrombie. It's SO GOOD!! Keep going!!🎉🎉🎉
I can see why you feel like it's a Shivers story vs a Monza story. I loved it either way tho. Lol
@@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD I plan on going the distance before the year ends :)
Great review - also JA provided me with one of the most memorable author book signing events I've been to from the book he signed to the hardcore fans that did a rap for him (three guys that had travelled most of the UK to attend nearly all his signings 😂)
Completely agree with the pacing issues. BSC is with The Blade Itself as my least favourite First Law entry. I also didn't connect to any of the characters except for Shivers, he is magnificent in it lol. Look forward to your thoughts on The Heroes!
I couldn’t agree more with you on everything! Exactly how I felt about the book myself . I was so excited going into it to get a female character as the lead protagonist and thought that she had really good traits that could have been developed more but she ended up feeling like a side character that I couldn’t connect to fully as well . Shivers was the star of the book and his whole arc was my absolute favorite part . The novel did drag for me as well and I had to go for the audio book to keep me engaged in the middle parts . I feel like maybe sometimes editors are reluctant to cut from books of big name authors . Also something else I found a bit weird (and this might just be me ) but I found it a bit unbelievable that Monza after going through all those horrible injuries was still like super hot . I mean I understand that her whole demeanor can be sexy and she has been really really attractive her whole life but she is described as being so broken after the injuries that I think it would have been ok for her to be a little bit like Glokta and her physical charm wouldn’t be the first thing every man would notice you know .
Joe has said in interviews that the primary inspiration was the film Point Blank, starring Lee Marvin. Each of the middle novels in fact are inspired by a different movie genre film.
The Heroes - All quiet on the Western Front
Red Country - The Unforgiven
Loved Best Served Cold, didn't really feel the drag with pacing but I reckon that might be as I listened to it on Audiobook and Steven Pacey's narration is just so damn good. Also, do you have Goodreads?
@@angussinclair1344 no, i don’t do goodreads :)
I agree about the Booker longlist. I hated Orbital and didn't even finish Headshot because I knew I wasn't going to like it after 60 pages. Wild Houses, Safekeep, and James were the ones I have liked so far. Maybe I need to get more into Joe Abercrombie haha
O crap, I ordered Headshot. O well.
I'm not keen on this year's long list either !
I wonder, while you are reading a novel are you kind of out lining in your head what you are going to say about it or do you read it, then access what you have read?
@@jobuckley2999 it’s a little of both.
This is my least favorite of the first world. I felt like the revenge and Monza were kind of one note. Still good, but pales in comparison to the others. And UGH what is up with the Booker long list. Dreadful.