11th September, 2009
Gazpacho
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.
I freely admit that I was anxiously awaiting the release of Joe Abercrombie’s fourth book. I mean, after noting how BOWEL-LOOSENINGLY EPIC the First Law trilogy was, how could you not get all hot and bothered while waiting for his next book?
Sadly, I’m hear today to say that Best Served Cold really wasn’t all that. Maybe I wanted to place it on too high of a pedestal, but I found the book overly bleak and dripping with bitter cynicism. Gone was most of the clever wit and dark humor that Abercrombie successfully used to temper his last three works. Instead, we are presented with a very grim, dark tale full of puffed-out cheeks and stoved-in steel (believe me, with the number of times he repeated these phrases, I felt like I was reading a Robert Jordan novel). Still, the book wasn’t completely horrible. There were a few bright spots and it did add a little to the tale of the Illuminati who seem to be running the world. It also featured an ending which, while not the best, was quite fitting for the story it completed.
3/5 gogs.
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