A review by mqabbadbest
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

The first half of the book was pretty good. It felt fresh. But after the same story repeating itself for 3 to 4 times, it gets old pretty quick. Each part of this book is split into the same sections: Arrive at place where target is, have sex, get betrayed, FIGHT/BATTLE SCENE, kill target, have sex again, leave place, repeat. All the characters involved are pretty much insufferable aswell (except
Vitari
). This book is the opposite of the first law trilogy: No characters but there is worldbuilding (not that great either, mind you). Anticlimactic ending as well. Very very obvious plot twists, that can be seen from a mile off. The positive I can give this book is that Abercrombie’s prose was still quite good throughout. Disappointing start to these stand alones.
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