Reviews

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie

iskander_rt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

cursedwithawesome's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

andycroll's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Kept feeling like this was going to kick into life but there’s a real sense this book is preamble to the real story to come in later books, of chess pieces being moved into position to start.

Glotka is a glorious monster of a character though.

osstockton's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

ractorawk's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

mopherad's review against another edition

4.0

I am not sure what the hype for this is. It's decent medical fantasy with nothing that really stands out. A bunch of plot lines, that don't really connect or work thematically with each other. End started to get fun, hopefully the sequels live up to the insane hype.

matt_headland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lydiamcnamara97's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

4.5

_theanxiousreader_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book was the slowest of the trilogy, with very little real plot whatsoever. It, however, introduce us to our legendary characters and their personalities. Looking back in hindsight at the end of the last book, it was such an incredible journey that our characters went on that it's almost heart warming to look back and think about Jezal's biggest problem being the contest or Glokta's biggest problem being the Mercers which all quickly became inconsequential. A brilliant start to one of the best trilogies ever written 

jowen97's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0