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| Original Title: | The Black Company |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Chronicles of the Black Company #1, Les Annales de la Compagnie Noire #1, The Books of the North #1 , more |
Glen Cook
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 319 pages Rating: 3.94 | 38561 Users | 1815 Reviews
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Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her... So begins one of the greatest fantasy epics of our age—Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company. Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found here.
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| Title | : | The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company #1) |
| Author | : | Glen Cook |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 319 pages |
| Published | : | March 15th 1992 by Tor Fantasy (first published May 15th 1984) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Dark Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. High Fantasy |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 38561 Users | 1815 ReviewsEvaluate Epithetical Books The Black Company (The Chronicles of the Black Company #1)
We are minions of the villains of the piece. We confess the illusion and deny the substance.There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.We abjure labels. We fight for money and an indefinable pride. The politics, the ethics, the moralities, are irrelevant.I loved this one.I didn't start out loving it, but on my second attempt at it with a group of friends, I found myself thoroughly hooked.It probably helpsNo one will sing songs in our memory. We are the last of the Free Companies of Khatovar. Our traditions and memories live only in these Annals. We are our own mourners. After only reading the first book in the three-part omnibus edition, I can already tell that Glen Cook is an exceptionally skilled storyteller, and that The Black Company is probably the best war story I have ever read.Series review from the beginningSeries review from the ending
After 75 pages, I've come to the conclusion that life is too short to waste reading bad books. Positive praise and reviews caused me to bring the book home against my best judgement. The first-person style, lack of character depth, stupid names, inane dialogue and juvenile prose have caused me to abandon the book in frustration. Good thing I read Mary Gentle's Ash: A Secret History before giving up on the military fantasy genre altogether.
DNF @ 48%THIS BOOK WAS NOT MY CUP OF TEA. "This book is utter pus" - a quote by Lady Luna hater of all things shit. I'm actually really sad about this DNF, I wanted to love this book and before I even read it, I knew it was going to be a four or five star read because of the reviews on it & that blurb sounds goddamn amazing. I, However, can safely say I was wrong and that I absolutely loathed reading this. I'm sorry I truly tried, however I just didn't care about anything & the
Buddy read with my fellow Mercinaries at Buddies Books and Baubles who kept me on track. Thank you.Have you ever gone into a book blind and been so surprised you look again to see if you picked up the right book? That was me, now Im not entirely sure why but I thought this was about a group of guys on a ship sailing the open seas *shrugs*. So I was really surprised when it is about a band of soldiers for hire, more surprised when there were Wizards in that band and floored when they started
i thought this book was great. a strange kind of modern classic, one that influenced many other fantasy efforts by ushering in the genuine darkness, grittiness, and lack of wonder of the military novel. the writing is direct, unadorned, choppy - a soldier's perspective, i suppose. the novel jumps right in the middle of the action and makes no attempt to help readers out, assuming that they will eventually catch up. experiencing the lack of poetry and of justice, the anonymity of most of the
Three stars; ultimately it's just not my kind of book. As far as plot, it mostly consists of a series of encounters for the Black Company, starting with getting out of their current contract and accepting employment from the Lady. I don't mind this style of plot in my books, but not everyone may enjoy.The pacing of the story was uneven at best. Mostly the narrative stopped on plot points germane to their particular tasks for the Lady, but occasionally it takes time to linger on company dynamics.
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