The Black Company

This is a tough book to love. I had a very hard time getting into it at first. The writing felt stilted and abrupt, but it was worth it to hang on.

It's a great story, very original and entertaining. I just had a hard time with the names of people and places. Cities named Oar and players named Shed. It felt like the author was walking around his backyard and just grabbing whatever items he saw and turning them into proper nouns.

A lot of weird stuff seems to happen with no explanation too. There were numerous times when I said “WTF just happened?” to myself.

Having said all that, I did enjoy the ride. It was very much worth the hassle.