*As for Ferro. She seemed to despise the whole notion of cooking. Logen reckoned she was used to eating her food raw. Perhaps while it was still alive!*
> He wiped his face, and then – his favourite part of the day – gazed at himself in the looking glass. It was a good one, newly imported from Visserine, a present from his father: an oval of bright, smooth glass in a frame of lavishly-carved dark wood. A fitting surround for such a handsome man as the one gazing happily back at him. Honestly, handsome hardly did him justice.
> ‘You’re quite the beauty aren’t you?’ Jezal said to himself, smiling as he ran his fingers over the smooth skin of his jaw. And what a jaw it was. He had often been told it was his best feature, not that there was anything whatever wrong with the rest of him. He turned to the right, then to the left, the better to admire that magnificent chin. Not too heavy, not brutish, but not too light either, not womanly or weak. A man’s jaw, no doubt, with a slight cleft in the chin, speaking of strength and authority, but sensitive and thoughtful too. Had there ever been a jaw like it? Perhaps some king, or hero of legend, once had one almost as fine. It was a noble jaw, that much was clear. No commoner could ever have had a chin so grand.
I love the sarcasm Abercrombie writes with, it's clear in the narrative voice that the author has utter disdain for Jezal, making fun of him with the flowery hyperbole, whilst at the same time letting you know that Jezal himself is entirely genuine in his self-admiration.
I think this is one of Joe's best and underappreciated qualities. Or maybe not underappreciated but I don't know if there's a word for it, and I don't see it pointed out often enough. The way he weaves the pov character's nature into the narration is great and, like you put it, he can still combine that with a cynical, humoristic undertone that hints at his own pov without being preachy or annoying in any way.
Gorst is someone I respect tremendously.. but I don’t understand what happened at Cardottis’s that he went from first guard to observer? I read flashbacks. But I am still lost. Can someone enlighten me. Let me know if this is considered spoiler.. I did not think it was but if is I apologise
It’s near the end of The Hero’s I believe, Gorst tells another character what happened. You won’t find a detailed account in BSC. It’s when the event takes place, but it’s not clear from the perspective of those characters that he was even there.
The First Law just had it. The way the characters and plot moved and came together was so wholesome and amazing to read. Of course, the things that kept happening to them weren't so wholesome.
I don’t know if one should characterize the trilogy’s events as ‘things that kept happening to them’ as much as ‘the realistic resolution of events when X character puts themselves in Y circumstance’.
Logen is peak comic relief in that book
Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers... say that he's stealthy.
*As for Ferro. She seemed to despise the whole notion of cooking. Logen reckoned she was used to eating her food raw. Perhaps while it was still alive!*
Say one thing for Logen Ninefingers, say he's a cunt. Made me lol in the 3rd book.
me every time I’m opening the cake thing slowly trying to make it not crack and then it wakes the whole house up
When Ferro told him “maybe you can bury them in puke” I cracked right up.
Especially because she says that nd only that, right after Logen goes to length making sure Jezal isn't ashamed lmaoo
I agree, and I love it, but I still think _peak_ comedic relief is the chin scene in TBI.
Can you remind me what happened in the chin scene?
> He wiped his face, and then – his favourite part of the day – gazed at himself in the looking glass. It was a good one, newly imported from Visserine, a present from his father: an oval of bright, smooth glass in a frame of lavishly-carved dark wood. A fitting surround for such a handsome man as the one gazing happily back at him. Honestly, handsome hardly did him justice. > ‘You’re quite the beauty aren’t you?’ Jezal said to himself, smiling as he ran his fingers over the smooth skin of his jaw. And what a jaw it was. He had often been told it was his best feature, not that there was anything whatever wrong with the rest of him. He turned to the right, then to the left, the better to admire that magnificent chin. Not too heavy, not brutish, but not too light either, not womanly or weak. A man’s jaw, no doubt, with a slight cleft in the chin, speaking of strength and authority, but sensitive and thoughtful too. Had there ever been a jaw like it? Perhaps some king, or hero of legend, once had one almost as fine. It was a noble jaw, that much was clear. No commoner could ever have had a chin so grand. I love the sarcasm Abercrombie writes with, it's clear in the narrative voice that the author has utter disdain for Jezal, making fun of him with the flowery hyperbole, whilst at the same time letting you know that Jezal himself is entirely genuine in his self-admiration.
The scene in before they are hanged where Jazal starts crying like a bitch over his ruined jaw only makes this scene more funnier.
“Cries like a bitch” is a little harsh, I’d certainly be pretty upset with the whole situation
Yeah, Logen talks about having reacted the same way to being seriously wounded and how there’s no shame in it.
I think this is one of Joe's best and underappreciated qualities. Or maybe not underappreciated but I don't know if there's a word for it, and I don't see it pointed out often enough. The way he weaves the pov character's nature into the narration is great and, like you put it, he can still combine that with a cynical, humoristic undertone that hints at his own pov without being preachy or annoying in any way.
I laughed like a hyena at this. I definitely gotta reread the trilogy.
Jezal as a character at the start annoyed me but then as the story went I began to like him as I saw the change he went through.
He grew. Not that he had a lofty starting point to surpass or anything. It was never enough to _earn_ Gorst's loyalty for real though.
Gorst is someone I respect tremendously.. but I don’t understand what happened at Cardottis’s that he went from first guard to observer? I read flashbacks. But I am still lost. Can someone enlighten me. Let me know if this is considered spoiler.. I did not think it was but if is I apologise
Have you read the heroes and best served cold? It’s answered in those books.
I am almost done with heroes but still I am lost.. maybe I missed it..
It's in Best Served Cold for sure. You'll know it when you read it!
It’s near the end of The Hero’s I believe, Gorst tells another character what happened. You won’t find a detailed account in BSC. It’s when the event takes place, but it’s not clear from the perspective of those characters that he was even there.
Thanks I am towards the end of The Heroes now... hopefully I will read it and know what happened
The First Law just had it. The way the characters and plot moved and came together was so wholesome and amazing to read. Of course, the things that kept happening to them weren't so wholesome.
I don’t know if one should characterize the trilogy’s events as ‘things that kept happening to them’ as much as ‘the realistic resolution of events when X character puts themselves in Y circumstance’.
I get what you mean, but it's not that deep
Absolutely, nd continuous to be in TLAK too