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[Sometimes-weekly thread] What are you reading? 18th of September
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Welp, I tore through The Heroes in less than a week 😆 -- not only did I like it, but it's made me certain I'm going to read the other two "First Law World" books. Doing Darker Shade of Magic now it's... okay so far. Feels a bit young-adulty for my tastes right now.
@cdipierr @dresden I banged through them and read sewuentially til Red Country. It was a good romp for several books but does Peter out. I kept just wanting to read the Logan portions and there was very little of that eventually.
Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's a fun POV character.
Luckily Abercrombie has a wide cast of bloody-handed northmen, scheming wizards, cringing nobles, and other fun miscreants after the Bloody Nine has left the stage. A big thing I loved about The Heroes is how it managed to bring me a whole new crop of characters to enjoy, and lose, just contained in that book. I'm excited about the "industrial revolution" sequel trilogy with a next generation of characters. It's like my father always said: Once you have a sequel trilogy, it's better to read it than live with the fear it.
After all, you have to be realistic about these things.
@cdipierr try Savage Dominion by Luke Chmilenko after you’re done with Abercrombie! I’m currently on Blood Song by Anthony Ryan which I would also recommend.