The Blade Itself
Our rating
Spice: barely any. Darkness: very dark.
A torturer, a barbarian and a vain nobleman walk into a war. Abercrombie is funny, which is the only reason the darkness goes down so easily.
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Is The Blade Itself spicy?
Barely. The Blade Itself has some kissing and maybe a fade to black, but nothing explicit. We give it 1 out of 5 for spice.
How dark is The Blade Itself?
We rate The Blade Itself 4 out of 5 for darkness (very dark). The big content warnings are torture, graphic violence, war. The full list is further down the page.
Do you need to read The First Law in order?
The Blade Itself is book 1 of The First Law, so it's the place to start. The series has 3 books on our list so far and is complete.
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Content warnings
Show 3 content warnings for The Blade Itself
- Torture
- Graphic violence
- War
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Details
- Series
- The First Law, book 1
- Series status
- Complete
- Pages
- 531
- First published
- 2001
- Genre
- Dark Fantasy
