La Voz de las Espadas

, #1

by

Hardcover, 752 pages

Español language

Published by Alianza Editorial.

ISBN:
978-84-9104-435-2
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4 stars (2 reviews)

El inquisidor Glokta, convertido en un cínico tullido tras su paso por las cárceles de los enemigos de la Unión, es ahora a su vez un eficaz torturador capaz de extraer información de cualquiera. A su vez, el capitán Jezal dan Luthar no ha hecho otra cosa en su vida que desplumar a sus amigos jugando a las cartas y soñar con la gloria de vencer en el Certamen de esgrima. Pero se está fraguando una guerra, y en los campos de batalla del Norte la lucha se rige por normas mucho más sangrientas… Logen Nuevededos, infame bárbaro de pasado sangriento, acaba de perder a sus amigos y está decidido a abandonar sus tierras y dirigirse al Sur, pero los espíritus le advierten que lo busca un Mago de los Viejos Tiempos… Sus historias se entrelazan en una fantasía negra repleta de acción y personajes memorables.

3 editions

reviewed The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law, #1)

More than potent setup

4 stars

It's always fun learning to love absolute assholes. And what assholes this book provides, every single important character ranges from unpleasant to completely reprehensible. The characters don't really better themselves (for now at least) but what we see is smart worldbuilding that explains the ways in which the characters were guided and pressured into their roles, if only to survive.

Sure, sometimes the book feels a bit like an unorganised prologue, the stories not really intertwining until the end. It is striking however, how these loose threads of history, characters and politics are already potent enough to stand on their own. And we haven't even started tugging at these threads yet.

reviewed The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie (The First Law, #1)

Enjoyable but feels too much like setup

3 stars

The First Law series has been recommended to me for a long time, and I finally decided to dive in. Abercrombie's reputation as a great character writer is well deserved, but the first book in the series is a bit light on plot. I will continue with the rest of the series, as I've heard that the plot gets better after the first entry.

Subjects

  • Fiction, fantasy, general