That was craaaaazeeeee! Where did that .... was that planned? Wow! That story was...well, different! In a good way, but in a pyscho way too. 
 What really had me amazed with this story was the almost lack of structure, no, that isn't the right word. It is almost like, Lawerence was writing a fantasy book and whilst writing said book read a post-apocalypse book that he loved and thought, dang! I should do that with my fantasy novel and boom, you know those castles we have? Well they're built on top of old earth skyscrapers. Literally out of freaking no where. Then boom, magic and shit. Necromancers, we need some of them! gods? nah... well lets go for some transcending or who knows what the 'players' are. Well, we won't add zombies, but radio active, nuclear deformed ogres? Hell yeah! It is just crazy. 
 Now the characters. Pretty good you have to say. Obviously the current trend is to give you plenty of them so you can kill them off as you please and Lawerence has no problems about doing that, but who knows what will turn back up in this story, so I am not that confident I have seen the end of any of them. The main character is a freaking nutjob, pyscho boy and I have found reading other peoples reviews quite interesting. Not many people are mentioning his arrogance as a negative. When I read The name of the wind, many people complained about the lead characters arrogance and how they couldn't stand it and it ruined the read. Yet Jorge makes Kvothe look like a humble merchant. Yet not many arrogance complaints and I have a theory for this, which is probably crap, but I am running with it. We expected to like Kvothe, you want to like him, but his arrogance annoys you. There isn't any way in this world will you like Jorge, well some people might, but they're the people I hope aren't reading this review. Anyway, he isn't a character you could like. So therefore his arrogance seems more natural and acceptable. Jorge makes Glokta seem like a kind uncle, Lawerence does nothing for you in this character and that Ladies and Gentlemen is what makes for interesting reading. Not since American Pyscho have I disliked someone as much as Jorge (well except Thomas Covenant) and I have to sit back and say, Great writing of that character. 
 If you like your dark fantasy, you'll probably like this, if you find the gruesome parts of Game of Thrones too distasteful you seriously should stay away from this, you'll probably heave. 
 I am jumping straight into book two. I am loving some crazy madness in my often predictable reading schedule.