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Coffee-Annual t1_ixo98hb wrote

Joe Abercrombies 'The blade itself' has made me keenly aware of how absolutely horrible torture can be, my friend said he had to quit reading after a 'dentistry' session happened in the book, it was just too much

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confrita OP t1_ixo9hvm wrote

I've never read that, but torture is actually a terrifying thing.

Is the rest of the story worth checking it out?

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Coffee-Annual t1_ixoadqp wrote

I loved the story, can't really tell that much without spoiling, but it's set in a dark fantasy setting, and very gritty. It also only follows a few characters, so you don't need to memorize a huge cast like in a song of ice and fire. If you're into that kinda stuff I'd say go for it

Taste is always subjective though, so you should probably see what others have to say about it as well

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PM_ME_WHAT_YOU_WOULD t1_ixp1pgw wrote

I didn't find the dentistry scenes too bad, FWIW.

As for The First Law book series, I'd recommend it. In the fantasy space, it's grittier than WoT or Mistborn, but less so than GoT. You definitely have to approach it as a trilogy though because a lot of the plots and themes don't pay off until the third book.

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