Frank Fitzpatrick Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 As much as I love Logan, he'd only get brought back to be killed off, so I'd rather he wasn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanF Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 And I was really disappointed by his complete transformation in Red Country. BSC's Cosca is my favorite character in the books.Cosca sank very low in Red Country. He went from being a hilarious rogue to being a really nasty cruel man.Maybe that's what he was always really like, at heart, or maybe he deteriorated. Cosca swindling, deceiving, cheating people was fun to read about. Cosca hanging, burning and torturing people wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowjack Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Cosca sank very low in Red Country. He went from being a hilarious rogue to being a really nasty cruel man.Maybe that's what he was always really like, at heart, or maybe he deteriorated. Cosca swindling, deceiving, cheating people was fun to read about. Cosca hanging, burning and torturing people wasn't. All things considered, Red Country was bleak. It is the epitome of Grimdark. Even the slight bright spots (the romance between Shy and Temple) are irrevocably dimmed by despair. It's like Deadwood with decidedly more moral ambiguity.And I loved every sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceluby Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 All things considered, Red Country was bleak. It is the epitome of Grimdark. Even the slight bright spots (the romance between Shy and Temple) are irrevocably dimmed by despair. It's like Deadwood with decidedly more moral ambiguity. And I loved every sentence. If that's the part you love about Abercrombie, you really need to read the Broken Empire series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First of My Name Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 All things considered, Red Country was bleak. It is the epitome of Grimdark. Even the slight bright spots (the romance between Shy and Temple) are irrevocably dimmed by despair. It's like Deadwood with decidedly more moral ambiguity. And I loved every sentence.Interesting. To me, Red Country felt lighter than Abercrombie's other books. There was less cynicism (although still a good deal of it) and the resolution of Shy and Temple's relationship was way happier than I'd expected it to be. And even at his bleakest, there's so much to enjoy in the prose that it's still entertaining. I'll grant that Cosca and the mercenaries were indeed pretty bleak though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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