13th November, 2009
So Here’s the Deal
Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
Huh, so it turns out that Blood of Elves, which I’ve been hearing Good Things about on the internets, is actually the second book in Sapkowski’s Witcher series, not the first. Which explains why I felt like it picked up in the middle of a story and ended in the middle of one as well. Heh, heh. Right. Normally, I would have gone and read the first one before discussing the second, if some dipshit hadn’t have stolen the first one from the library last year. Seriously. I mean, what kind of a douchebag steals from a library? Go stick up Barnes and Noble, ffs, not a damn public library. Dick.
Despite not knowing how the story got to where it was or where it’s going, it was still a pretty good read. I’m giving it a 3, which may change once I actually track down a copy of the first book.
3/5 gogs.
Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks
What’s up with the dorky book covers in fantasy land these days? First, Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold and now this series. (Astute readers will point out that Week’s trilogy was published before BSC, but I didn’t read them in that order so my way is the right way, chronology be damned).
Regardless, what we have here is an easy-to-read book, despite it’s length, that is a bit grim at times but none the less tells a decent tale. Nothing spectacular here, but nothing worthy of scorn, either. Fans of darker, action-oriented stories should find this worthwhile.
3/5 gogs.
Bauchelain and Korbal Broach by Steven Erikson
A collection of three short stories focusing on Bauchelain and Korbal Broach of Malazan fame which I believe were published individually sometime earlier in Erikson’s career. Publisher’s Weekly calls it “edgy and violent” but I don’t see it that way. Dark, sure, a little, but edgy and violent? Nah. There was actually quite a bit of humor blended into these tales which I quickly devoured in a few days’ time. Fun stuff.
3.5/5 gogs
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