The blade itself had me hooked by the first page nay the second paragraph. I’m this close ( you can’t see what my fingers are doing) to rereading this book. Is there a plot peaking here and there? YES, is there cool mysterious things happening? YES. But above all this book is character driven. The characters are so well rounded, funny, scary, jaded, pretentious and relatable! The world of The Blade itself isn’t a new concept if you’ve read Game of Thrones or the icon Lord of the Rings you’ll find yourself in a DeJa’Vu trance. Joe Abrecrombie unabashedly accepts the influence those major writers had on his own work. Joe borrowed just a tad and ran with it hahahaha this is in no way belittling Joe's work. When it comes to grim dark Joes your guy. The scope of the world is contained.... for now. The main objective to this book was to set-up the trilogy and to indulge the readers with well written morally grey characters. I don't have a clear vison of what is to come but I can
Reading fills me with a sense of peace and accomplishment. I have tons of academic material to read. Which means my time to read "books chosen by Diana" is scarce. The Fifth Season by N.K Jemisin It's a profound book that paints a fantastic world. The Fifth Season is a very hard book to describe in it's entirety it contradicts itself its set in a continent called the Stillness that never stops moving. Some of it's habitants are called 'orogenes', who are able to manipulate the earth under their feet from an unknown power. Another contradiction here; orogenes are both discriminated against and the only reasons for life's survival. In a nutshell this books covered everything from the awful state of earth to racism. "For all those who have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question" Spoiler alert! this book is written in first person you read through the eyes of Damaya, Syenite and Essun. Damaya was you