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Joe Abercrombie

Joseph Edward Abercrombie is a British fantasy writer and film editor. He is the author of The First Law trilogy, as well as other fantasy books in the same setting and a trilogy of young adult novels. His novel Half a King won the 2015 Locus Award for best young adult book. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie

Biography from Open Library, CC BY-SA

The Stacks

The Book

The one title the catalogue holds so far.

The Blade Itself
2001
8.5out of 10from 2 ratings

In the Margins

What Readers Said

The most recent reviews of Joe Abercrombie's books, newest first.

The Blade Itself reviewed by @hollowknightfan99
9 out of 10
Glokta. that is the review. that is it
The Blade Itself@hollowknightfan9920 Aug 2026
The Blade Itself reviewed by @grimdarkgareth
8 out of 10
Glokta's chapters are a ten and the rest is a seven, so: eight. It's all setup, nothing resolves — and I didn't mind, because the setup is people being appalling to each other in lovely weather. Logen's a liar and it's brilliant.
The Blade Itself@grimdarkgareth5 Jul 2026

The Reading Room

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