A review by rrw21
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

The writing was quite repetitive. It had the feel of those black and white detective movies or the original Star Trek tv shows, where there’s a staccato dialogue with people repeating the same lines, slightly differently, for presumed dramatic effect. There’s definitely folks who would love this style of writing, but it felt like subjecting myself to the reader’s version of nails in a chalk board.