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Monday, August 15, 2011

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie


The overall plot of Best Served Cold is of this woman, Monza, who loses everything, almost including her life. After she is carefully looked after by an old man, she runs away and seeks revenge on those that have taken everything from her. She hires the best killers to aid her in her quest, never really believing that she would succeed. It wasn’t until after I read the book (actually it was just a few seconds ago) that I learned that this is a stand-alone novel following Abercrombie’s First Law series. I am usually not one to just read a book in the middle of a series, but it can definitely be read alone with no knowledge of the other books.
This is the first book I read of Abercrombie’s, and I thought his overall writing style was good. This book in particular was well written.  In the beginning, we see Monza as a heartless person. It isn’t until the end of the book that we see that she has been a victim her entire life. I am not much for reading about war and gore and swearing (which there is a lot of in this book) but somehow I ended up enjoying the book. I am not a fan of  gore so if it would skip the battle scenes, I think it would have captured my interest a little more.

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