Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Servir Froid by Joe Abercrombie

8 reviews

vegav2025's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's alot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

zachyypooo's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Abercrombie attempted to address my biggest complaints about the trilogy and it was mostly successful. The plot was a little too video game-y for my tastes but I loved the new cast of characters driving it. I liked that, as heavy and dark as this book went, not everyone wound up in a worse spot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, War

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Incest

rheagoveas's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Murder, War

Moderate: Addiction

inspector_glokta's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

gd_erik's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A heavy feel-bad romp—exactly what we expect from Abercrombie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Injury/Injury detail

mario_g's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Revisitng this world after the first trilogy was "nice".
Some characters we already knew, some were new but the roster was great.
I find myself "cheering" mostly for the northmen in this world although they are not better people than the others. I don't know what makes them somewhat more likeable to me. Anyway.
I had a great time with this one too.
If you are here, you have liked both the cruelty and the humour throughout "Lord Grrimdark"'s pages.
So enjoy the ride!
In case of spoilers the rest shall be hidden.

As previously stated, I liked Shivers pov. I liked how his journey/character arc starts, shifts, and ends in this story. And having both perspectives, with Monza, on their relationship, was a nice touch.
Cosca and Morveer. I didn't warm up to them until their comments and thoughts became the most entertaining thing for me. "Merciful slumber ha indeed released me from her soft bosom......"etc, the locked in a latrine scene, "Harsh Mistress /fortune never missed an opportunity to demean him."
"You one-eyed cocksucker!" Not clever perhaps, but from the heart.
Or the horse shitting while Rogont has his "moment" in the fight....
These insights are always awsome.

Only thing that tired me at some point is that it felt repetitive. On the bigger scale, meaning we go to a new town, new recruit, kill. next town, new recruit, kill. again and again, seven times.
(also Ganmark's death felt anticlimactic to me, but i guess at least one in so many had to rely on luck or be less interesting than others.)
But everyone was creative and "fun"-for a lack of a better word- to read.

Can't wait to delve into the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

chungledown_bim's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ugh, wonderful. Hilarious, bloody, inspiring... watching characters overcome crippling adversity to return as immediately as possible to the problematic behaviour that set their adversity in action to begin with? *chef kiss* Just about the perfect book for me, no notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation

Minor: Incest

narsere's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Incest, Cannibalism