Glen Cook

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I don’t have a ton of analysis to offer this time, and the main intention of this review is to get you to start book 1 if you haven’t read this series yet. I’ll start by reiterate its selling points.

No bloat. Lean & mean, nothing spoonfed, nothing stretched nor repeated, no world building except for what happens.
No bullshit. No self-serious convoluted magic system, no glossary, no maps.
No borders. Cook writes what he wants, in full freedom and with an unrestrained, original imagination.
No brainwashing. Cook has no political agenda – except maybe showing that morals are messy, and that evil exists.

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Full review on Weighing A Pig… (mais)

I've seen lots of recommendations for this series so I picked up this omnibus edition.
I enjoyed the first book the least, mainly due to the single viewpoint. Also you are thrown into the middle of the story and have to work out stuff as you read.

The 2nd and 3rd books had more viewpoints and the writing has improved somewhat.
I still found the writing somewhat terse. The world, magic system and some of the politics of the setting could use some fleshing out.

I have the next volume, but will read something else before I go back to Croaker and the company...… (mais)