Fantasy books, stories, ＆c

bastion , 4 months ago in Question about First Law series

'The blade itself incites to deeds of violence."

"Conquest is the last argument of kings"

Basically, the whole trilogy is a meandering shitshow of people who have risen to the level of their incompetence. It came off, to me, as "See? Power bad. If your have power, you abuse it. Everybody feels crappy but nobody talks about it and that's the way it is."

There is some degree of.. ..not realism, but.. ..grit? There are some good, earthy moments. But plot.. ...not really, other than that power is bad.