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Question about First Law series (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 months ago by delitomatoes@lemm.ee to c/fantasy@lemmy.ml

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Hi, I am on a driving trip and downloaded a recommended books, "Best Served Cold" and then the reviews say read the original trilogy first. After several hours of "The Blade Itself" there is no sense of a plot or where the characters are going, they are just meeting up.

I understand that this is a common criticism of his early works. Should I finish the Blade Itself or go on to the sequel standalone novel? I got a bit of the sense of the world.

Incidentally, I loved "Project Hail Mary" and started "Three Body Problem", but the pronunciation of the chinese names turned me off, so I'll read the book instead.

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[–] cdipierr 1 points 8 months ago

There is something to be said about Abercombie's release of nine full books in the series in the past 18 years, plus a short story collection. I have a soft spot for Jezal—at first, because I didn't understand what type of story I was reading, and then later, because of how he reacts to his journey.