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Wow, the lettered edition sold out in 30 seconds. Great to see Prince of Thorns still getting so many reviews in its 10th year! Pre-orders for the 10th anniversary special edition of Prince of Thorns here. If you think that temporarily setting "Thou shalt not murder" to zero is no more serious than similarly dialing down "Thou shalt not steal" for the sake of an entertainment, I find I can't tell you why I know that it is. So while I'm definitely going to read King of Thorns, it won't be for a while. In sufficient frequency and undiluted by better attitudes, I'm certain that's true. The opponents of pornography claim that you can't objectify a lust-object in imagination w/o having it coarsen your real-life sex life. but if I had been, I think it would have been injurious to me. As a tweenager, I don't think I could have had such an experience, because I wouldn't have been mentally flexible enough to enjoy the book in the first place. The retrospective in the last chapter goes just about as far as it ought in waking you up to your own morality while leaving Jorg's in a somewhat different state.Įven at pushing-70 I'm not wholly sure I've come out of the experience unscathed. Because that would be the wrong artistic choice here. Your moral sense should rebound w/o permanent harm.īut for this book, what you need to temporarily set aside is your conviction that casual violence-murder and torture-are wrong and that their perpetrator should repent his evil and turn from it. Until and unless the narrative lets you bring it back into play. You well know, before and after, that stealing is wrong but during, you just don't pay attention to that inconvenient moral standard as you follow and enjoy the twists of plot, the artistry of site casing, lock-picking, etc.
It's similar to what you do when you read a burglary caper. Because in order to appreciate it, you have to set aside some of your morality. This one is adults-only, particularly unsuitable for "young adults". Because in order to appreciate it, you have to set aside some …more No, absolutely not. It won't be a pleasant read.Īlso, I now note that you asked this question a couple of months ago.now I'm curious what you decided to do? (less) As Daniel says, these issues will keep coming up for you and will completely overshadow your experience. OK, so I recommend this book to everyone, but re-reading your question, I don't think this is for you (I feel like am betraying the author here!). I have read this trilogy two times and felt rewarded every time. He is unredeemed, but as you read, you grow to at least understand him and I felt really rewarded by that. I also open my recommendation with "Jorg is a very, very bad person". I honestly recommend this trilogy to everyone. It's also beautifully written and made me laugh and cry. It's dark and bloody and confronting and utterly compelling to me. It's dark and bloody and confronting and utterly com …more I'm a woman and a feminist and this is my favourite book trilogy, written by my favourite author. Phoebe Saunders I'm a woman and a feminist and this is my favourite book trilogy, written by my favourite author. Mark Lawrence's debut novel tells a tale of blood and treachery, magic and brotherhood and paints a compelling and brutal, and sometimes beautiful, picture of an exceptional boy on his journey toward manhood and the throne.more Returning to his father's castle Jorg must confront horrors from his childhood and carve himself a future with all hands turned against him.
Jorg has the ability to master the living and the dead, but there is still one thing that puts a chill in him. The world is in chaos: violence is rife, nightmares everywhere.
Much worse.įrom being a privileged royal child, raised by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in a series of raids and atrocities. All that's true enough, but there's something worse out there, in the dark. They say these are violent times, the end of days when the dead roam and monsters haunt the night. We ride this broken empire and loot its corpse. Now I have many brothers, quick with knife and sword, and as evil as you please.
But those days are gone and what is left of them lies in my mother's tomb. They say these are violent times, the end of days wh Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well. Before the thorns taught me their sharp lessons and bled weakness from me I had but one brother, and I loved him well.