It’s tough to balance the darkness that’s present in the best gritty fantasy books with humor and a lighthearted tone, but he often succeeds. What’s talked about less is the black humor. Much is made of the bloody violence and interesting characters that pervade Abercrombie’s books. How can I not include the author whose Twitter handle includes the word grimdark? That would be a huge oversight. The series kicked off by this book subverts and comments on several tropes that were prevalent in 1990s era epic fantasy, but does so in ways that may seem dated today.
Arguable the series that kickstarted the modern grimdark book trend, the ending of A Game of Thrones shocked many readers when it killed a viewpoint character that in another fantasy would have been the hero to overcome all difficulties and save the kingdom in peril.
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