Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie

9 reviews

mckenziemreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Death, War, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism and Sexual violence

Minor: Incest

da3m0nic's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, Cursing, War, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcoholism, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Misogyny, Confinement, and Incest

ripxw's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

Moderate: Sexual content

jenny_readss's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and Violence

iono's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Torture, Drug abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Incest and Sexual content

narsere's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Incest and Cannibalism

brick2theface's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Sexual content

ilereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

L'ho addirittura preferito alla trilogia della Prima Legge. Una sorte di Conte di Montecristo versione grimdark fantasy. La combinazione di umorismo e violenza è geniale e rende il libro avvincente e scorrevolissimo. I personaggi sono tutti grigi, complessi e moralmente molto discutibili; li ho amati tutti, in particolare Brivido ma anche la protagonista Monza mi è piaciuta molto. È pieno di tradimenti e colpi di scena fino all'ultima pagina. Una vera bomba.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Sexual content

Minor: Incest

onthesamepage's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

That was the difference between a hero and a villain, a soldier and a murderer, a victory and a crime. Which side of a river you called home.

The First Law trilogy has brilliant characters and writing, and a plot that is meandering but ultimately entertaining. Best Served Cold still has the brilliant characters and writing, but also a fast-paced, action-packed story that sucked me under right away and kept me hooked for the duration. I was invested in Monza's story and the cast of misfits she surrounded herself with. Every cameo by a First Law character was a new moment of delight. Nicomo Cosca is definitely one of the shining stars of this book, followed closely by Friendly, a murdering thug with OCD. I loved what the author did with his character.

We start off the story with certain facts: Duke Orso has betrayed Monza and her brother. It is undeserved and unjustified. Monza demands revenge. And yet, over the course of the story, we also discover that things aren't that straightforward. This book isn't as political as the first trilogy, focusing much more on the personal relationships between people and how those may or may not influence entire nations. There are definitely a couple of moments that could have come straight out of A Game of Thrones, and more than a few twists that I did not see coming, but that make me very eager to find out what else will happen in this world.

Because of the straightforward plot and the excellent pacing, this is my favourite First Law book so far. If there is one thing this world has taught me, it's that characters rarely get what they deserve. So while I may have wanted a different ending, it is a Ninefingers would say: you have to be realistic about these things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder