Waterstones The First Law Trilogy Boxed Set
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Price: £32.99
Brand: Waterstones
Description: THE FIRST LAW trilogy is a fantasy masterpiece, now available in a stunning box set. It's a perfect gift for fans of A GAME OF THRONES; a must-have for fans of Joe Abercrombie; and a great way for new readers to discover one of the most highly acclaimed fantasy trilogies of the past decade. Waterstones The First Law Trilogy Boxed Set - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: Asher
Rating: 5
Review: Such a great saga. Brilliant! Bravo to Joe. Highly recommended. The best book I read in the past few years.
Author: kaduzy
Rating: 1
Review: I've been trying to find another fantasy series that I can not merely read, but get truly excited about, as I did for George R.R. Martin's ASOIAF and Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn (both eras). Reading series that are still in the process of being written has proven to be very taxing on my anorexic patience, so I've been combing sci-fi/fantasy forums for something that's already complete and came across many, many mentions of First Law. So many people have hailed it as epic, praised it as the best of its subgenre and even called it the best fantasy series of all time that I went ahead and ordered the entire trilogy, convinced that this would become my next obsession. So imagine my bitter disappointment when I realized that this is just another typical series with dreadful "fantasy" character names, a generic "kingdom's in peril and only a motley band of heroes can save it" storyline and even a grumpy old wizard to lead the way. Joe Abercrombie is just not a good writer. Aside from his name issues (I always find it annoying when I have to pull myself out of the world of the story to try and figure out how some rando character's name is pronounced, and in this book it's even worse because you have to do it with main characters too.), he's also terrible at describing both people and scenery. One character wasn't described physically at all until the book was nearly over; I had no idea she was black. So forget about trying to get a decent mental picture going as you read. He has this part of the city he keeps referring to where the primary action takes place, called the Agriont. Would it have killed him to spend a page describing the damn place and its primary buildings so we could get an idea of the layout? And failing that, how about a map? He even has the characters walk on a map at one point, pointing out different parts of their fictional world. Meanwhile I don't have any idea what it looks like aside from the small clues I can patch together from what little he does say. Frontispiece maps and appendices are standard in epic fantasy these days, but he couldn't be bothered. As a result, a lot of things in this book remain unsatisfactorily explained -- which might have been tantalizing, if I actually liked the series and wanted to read further. But since I don't, it's just frustrating. Here's a specific example of that: at one point, the characters go into something called The Maker's House. At that point in the story, the building has been mentioned, but never described, except as tall. It would have been a great scene if we had been given some clues about how mysterious the place was, how it had never been opened in living memory, and apparently could not be opened. Some legends, some myths, a prologue . . . anything to help build suspense, and it could have been an amazing sequence. Instead one character casually mentions that it's never been opened, and then BOOM, in the next scene, someone opens it and we're inside. They go on a weird tour, they take some things, then they leave. Danger is teased but nothing happens. And the descriptions were so incomplete that I finally stopped reading, closed the book and actually picked up my phone and started searching for illustrations and a history of the place online, figuring some rabid fans must have put together a wiki or made some fan art. Turns out there's a graphic novel version, and thanks to the patient illustrator (who must have worked with Abercrombie on the details) I finally know what the main city and the Maker's House looks like. But when people have to stop reading your book and turn to Google to find out what the heck is going on, you've failed as a writer. Further failures: poor character development, poor plot development, a boring story and a weak romance. Add to that all the GRRM ripoffs in this story, and you have zero reasons to read this. I don't care about any of these people. Only one of them is even mildly interesting, and he also teases a backstory that more details could have made interesting -- but ultimately not enough was said to convert me into a fan of his, or anyone else's. One character trains for half the book to fight in a fencing competition, and I didn't give a crap whether he won, lost or got killed doing it. I also don't really care what the magician is gathering them to do, so that negates any bare interest I might have had in the sequels. I will admit that I kinda want to know more about the mysterious Eaters, but not enough to keep reading hundreds more pages of this nonsense. Anyway, it turns out there IS a fan-made wiki site, and fifteen minutes on that answered all my lingering questions. I consider it time saved to find a better series. Talk about false hype. Looks like I've got a boxed set to unload on someone.
