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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
The Heroes is a war story centered on a single drawn-out battle, but Abercrombie makes it much more. Familiar faces return, new ones stand out, and the whole thing feels both epic and personal.
The book is full of twists plans fail, loyalties shift, and no one comes out clean. Abercrombie’s strength is how he makes you both hate and root for the same characters. By now I expect flawed antiheroes, but here he pushes it further: you may actively dislike someone yet still want them to succeed.
It’s heavy, grim, and unflinching, but also sharp, darkly funny, and impossible to put down. The Heroes shows war as chaos and people as messy, with no easy victories just unforgettable storytelling.
The book is full of twists plans fail, loyalties shift, and no one comes out clean. Abercrombie’s strength is how he makes you both hate and root for the same characters. By now I expect flawed antiheroes, but here he pushes it further: you may actively dislike someone yet still want them to succeed.
It’s heavy, grim, and unflinching, but also sharp, darkly funny, and impossible to put down. The Heroes shows war as chaos and people as messy, with no easy victories just unforgettable storytelling.
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What's a hero? What makes someone a hero? What does it mean to be a hero?
Even though The Heroes in this book refers to a hill where a battle between Northern people and South Union took place. The question about "being a hero" lingered around the characters's mind.
A war is more than just lining up soldiers and have enough skills to defeat your enemy. It has politics, intrigues and everything hidden in the soldier's camp. For a fantasy war fiction. This one is definitely a love. The characters are all impressive (I took one star because not enough Craw), realistic and not in the least bit annoying. Fingree was impressive in her own womanly way, though her husband is pretty dim and a tad too idealistic for a war period. The war was fleshed out nicely, including the chaos inside one's head. The ending was a bit predictable. But I like the ending, appropriate enough... if I may say.
Even though The Heroes in this book refers to a hill where a battle between Northern people and South Union took place. The question about "being a hero" lingered around the characters's mind.
A war is more than just lining up soldiers and have enough skills to defeat your enemy. It has politics, intrigues and everything hidden in the soldier's camp. For a fantasy war fiction. This one is definitely a love. The characters are all impressive (I took one star because not enough Craw), realistic and not in the least bit annoying. Fingree was impressive in her own womanly way, though her husband is pretty dim and a tad too idealistic for a war period. The war was fleshed out nicely, including the chaos inside one's head. The ending was a bit predictable. But I like the ending, appropriate enough... if I may say.
Impresionante.
No se me ocurre un mejor calificativo que este para la novela que acabo de leer. Y es que Joe Abercrombie, lejos de acomodarse tras su éxito con la trilogía de "La primera Ley", mantiene y supera en muchos momentos el nivel mostrado en sus anteriores novelas.
Como ya nos tiene acostumbrado Abercrombie, el libro rebosa realismo por los cuatro costados. Nos enseña la miseria de la guerra, y cómo esta despoja a los hombres de sus máscaras y nos muestra cómo son realmente.
Vuelven a aparecer personajes de entregas anteriores, por lo que, aunque se trata de un libro que se puede leer sin bagaje previo, interesa haberse leído la trilogía de "La primera Ley" y "La mejor venganza", para no perder ninguna referencia al pasado.
Después de leer sus anteriores novelas, Joe Abercrombie se había convertido en uno de mis escritores favoritos (al nivel de Martin o Rothfuss). Pero, después de esta novela, se está empezando a salir de la tabla. Y lo mejor de todo, es que tengo la impresión que esto no ha hecho más que empezar.
No perdáis más el tiempo y empezad a leer a Abercrombie. No os arrepentiréis.
No se me ocurre un mejor calificativo que este para la novela que acabo de leer. Y es que Joe Abercrombie, lejos de acomodarse tras su éxito con la trilogía de "La primera Ley", mantiene y supera en muchos momentos el nivel mostrado en sus anteriores novelas.
Como ya nos tiene acostumbrado Abercrombie, el libro rebosa realismo por los cuatro costados. Nos enseña la miseria de la guerra, y cómo esta despoja a los hombres de sus máscaras y nos muestra cómo son realmente.
Vuelven a aparecer personajes de entregas anteriores, por lo que, aunque se trata de un libro que se puede leer sin bagaje previo, interesa haberse leído la trilogía de "La primera Ley" y "La mejor venganza", para no perder ninguna referencia al pasado.
Después de leer sus anteriores novelas, Joe Abercrombie se había convertido en uno de mis escritores favoritos (al nivel de Martin o Rothfuss). Pero, después de esta novela, se está empezando a salir de la tabla. Y lo mejor de todo, es que tengo la impresión que esto no ha hecho más que empezar.
No perdáis más el tiempo y empezad a leer a Abercrombie. No os arrepentiréis.
Strong character development:
Yes