• GinAndJuche
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    8 months ago

    Best served cold really lent into the grimdark.

    Shattered Sea sounds cool.

    • RNAi [he/him]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      Compared to The First Law universe, it's for children, a nice read, but meh in comparison.

      Damn that third part of the first law was so amazing

      • GinAndJuche
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        8 months ago

        The third book of the first law trilogy or act 3 of book 1 which is entitled the first law?

        Either way both ruled. The latter is where the curtains really begin to peel back and the former just hits so hard.

        If you can ever find a way past the blockage in BSC, the next book is excellent and Red Country is basically deadwood.

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          The third book, the one which ends reavealing

          spoiler

          Bayaz is thoroughly fucking evil and a banker on top of it

          That shit is almost agitprop

          • GinAndJuche
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            8 months ago

            I read it before I was a lefty and even then it just made sense. Even to a person without the political framework to see that, the characterization and whatnot is so good that the reader arrives at a similar place.

      • NATOSleeperCell [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        I tried the first book in the first law series and thought it was fine. Does it really pick up at the second or third? Or can I just move on to the standalone book I've heard was good?

        • RNAi [he/him]
          hexagon
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          8 months ago

          Read the second and third else you'll be completely lost cuz the stories are very intertwined