![]() ![]() Throughout the book, I had them pictured clearly in my mind. It's also a real pleasure to read their dialogues. Furthermore, the protagonists are multifaceted so one is not confronted with only good or only evil characters. ![]() ![]() They react, have sex, urinate, curse and insult like real people, which contribute to the overall atmosphere of the book. They felt real, they even talked real as Abercrombie makes his characters talk like real individuals. They were so alive, I wanted to read more just to be with them. When I started to read the book, the first thing I told myself was about the protagonists. ![]() Mentions of Tul Duru, Bethod, Black Dow, the Dogman and Ninefingers bring back memories about other great stories from the same world. In his latest dark fantasy book, Abercrombie welcomes us back into a world where mercy and cowardice are the same and a world that is familiar to those who have read his The First Law trilogy. I must admit that he succeeds in all of the above with Best Served Cold. Above all, of course, I'd like people to shut my book with a burning need to pick up the next one." I'd like them to feel they've met some vivid, interesting, unusual characters, and that those people will stick with them for some time to come. "I'd like them to feel they've been entertained – thrilled, amused, tantalized, titillated, surprised, or some combination of the above. In a recent interview, when he was asked about how he wanted his readers to feel after reading his books, Joe Abercrombie said: ![]()
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