Sharp Ends

4.5/5 - A Beautiful Bastard

Sand dan Glokta is one of the greatest of the great.

4/5 - Small Kindnesses

A wonderful showcase of Abercrombie character conversation. Shevedieh and Javre already hit a nerve for me.

3.5/5 - The Fool Jobs

3.5/5 - Skipping Town

The second act in Shevedieh and Javre's storyline. I love how these two are getting more screentime.

4/5 - Hell

Temple feels like an underrated character, and for that I'm glad we've got to see him more in this anthology.

5/5 - Two's Company

The third act in Shevedieh and Javre's storyline and this one is a doozy. Abercrombie dialog at its best, which makes this one of the best stories in the collection and one of my new favorite short stories. The two ladies meet Cracknut Whirrun, one of the most ridiculous characters in this universe.

4.5/5 - Wrong Place, Wrong Time

Best Served Cold is one of my favorite First Law books, so I won't complain about seeing a different perspective in that story.

4.5/5 - Some Desperado

This is my second time going through this story and surprisingly I thought it much better this time around now after finishing Red Country.

3.5/5 - Yesterday, Near a Village Called Barden ...

5/5 - Three's A Crowd

The final act in Shevedieh and Javre's storyline and an excellent conclusion for these two badass women.

2.5/5 - Freedom!

5/5 - Tough Times All Over

This is the first book I've read by Abercrombie and I absolutely loved it. It's by far one of my favorite short stories and my favorite in this anthology. Now having listened to Steven Pacey read it and with a better knowledge of characters of the world, I love it even more so. It even has some change of events I couldn't appreciate before, as well as some of the best characters in the series.

5/5 - Made a Monster

Wow

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Audio read by: Steven Pacey