![]() The story is an “exciting” one, in as much as it trips along at a fair pace, throwing plenty of action, gore (torture and sundry sword-play) and a few fairly racy sex scenes. ![]() The plot is linear and simple, presenting no real twists and turns… well, there are a few twists, but no big surprises, making this a relatively enjoyable and undemanding read. The writing is clean and competent, with a witty, relaxed style and occasionally lapsing into a mild vernacular “for effect”. ![]() In “Best Served Cold” Abercrombie takes a “sword and sandal”, feudal setting and uses it to present a very straightforward revenge thriller with very strong overtones of that classic Hollywood (et al) genre the “gang heist caper”, typified by… Ocean’s Eleven, The Dirty Dozen, Kelly’s Heroes, The Italian Job, etc etc etc. ![]()
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