Skip to content

Parsecs & Parchment

Science Fiction & Fantasy book reviews

  • Home
  • Book Reviews
  • Updates
  • Interviews
  • About

Tag: grimdark

Review: LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS by Joe Abercrombie

And so we come to it, the final book of Joe Abercrombie’s First Law trilogy. So I’m trying to start … More

before they are hanged, fantasy, grimdark, joe abercrombie, last argument of kings, the blade itself, the first law, the first law trilogy

Reading Update 05/01/2021

I feel like I’ve barely written any book reviews on the blog for ages. Feels like a bit of a … More

elric of melnibone, fantasy, grimdark, michael moorcock, peter mclean, priest of bones, priest of lies, war for the rose throne

Reading Update 19/12/2020

Hello bookwyrms, nice to see you all again and nice of you to check in and have a look see … More

andrzej sapkowski, anna smith spark, grimdark, joe abercrombie, last argument of kings, the court of broken knives, the first law, the tower of the swallow, the witcher

Review: THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS by Stephen Graham Jones

THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS is like nothing I’ve ever read before. Described as a tale of revenge, cultural identity and … More

book review, dark fantasy, grimdark, horror

Review: BAPTISM OF FIRE (The Witcher #3) by Andrzej Sapkowksi

Ah, feels good returning to my poorly-written guilty pleasures haha. I’ve had complicated feelings about The Witcher books so far. … More

andrzej sapkowski, fantasy, grimdark, the witcher

Review: BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED (THE FIRST LAW #2) by Joe Abercrombie

I’m just gonna say it folks: this book was a big disappointment for me. And that was a big surprise … More

before they are hanged, book review, fantasy, grimdark, joe abercrombie, the first law

Weekly Reading Update 25/06/2020

Welcome to Wednesday bookwyrms. Usually I do these weekly updates on a Wednesday (though I have on occasion been known … More

before they are hanged, fantasy, grimdark, joe abercrombie, last argument of kings, the blade itself, the first law, the order of the pure moon reflected in water, weekly update, wuxia, www wednesday, zen cho

Review: TIME OF CONTEMPT (The Witcher #2) by Andrzej Sapkowski

Definitely my favourite of The Witcher books so far, TIME OF CONTEMPT contains enough of the stuff I love in … More

andrzej sapkowski, fantasy, grimdark, the witcher, time of contempt

Review: THE BLADE ITSELF by Joe Abercrombie

I’m fairly certain at this point I’m the only person left who hadn’t already read it, but if THE BLADE … More

fantasy, grimdark, joe abercrombie, the blade itself, the first law trilogy

Review: BLOOD OF ELVES (The Witcher #1) by Andrzej Sapkowski

Peace with Nilfgaard is not what it was meant to be. Despite the victory of the Northern Kingdoms at the … More

andrzej sapkowski, blood of elves, fantasy, grimdark, the witcher

Posts navigation

Older posts
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Parsecs & Parchment
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
Cancel