"Still alive!" and "You have to be realistic about these things" will echo in my memory forever thanks (or perhaps not) to Joe Abercrombie and his unforgettable character Logen Ninefingers.
This is the last book of his trilogy The First Law and continues on with excellent if dark and sometimes shocking writing. But even in the midst of the full horrors of war, his dark humor has me laughing out loud. That feels very real to me and reminds me of my own time in the military. It is very much the sort of humor men and women who deal with horrible things use to ease their own horror and pain.
Obviously not for everyone, but if you like gritty, uncompromising and entertaining, then this is your series.
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