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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fantastic stuff. We follow several different character arcs, and while not all reach the same heights, they all have something interesting to say.
Wonderfully human characters, and some remarkably inhuman, that I've come to expect from Abercrombie. A proper delight to read.
Honest approach to the subject of war, glory and heroism.
Wonderfully human characters, and some remarkably inhuman, that I've come to expect from Abercrombie. A proper delight to read.
Honest approach to the subject of war, glory and heroism.
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An awful lot going on in this book and not all of it interesting.
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok so I FINALLY got around to finishing The Heroes. This is easily the worst Abercrombie that I've read yet. I think it's way too long, it keeps yammering on about how war is futile over and over for 600 pages. I liked it but it's not as funny or captivating as the previous books. The characters are good, I think it's impossible for Abercrombie to write bad pov characters but they're just not as likeable as in the first trilogy or Best Served Cold. I hope Red Country will have some povs on the same level as Cosca and Glokta.
Gonna try to get back on my reading shit💪
Gonna try to get back on my reading shit💪
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Armour …’ mused Whirrun, licking a finger and scrubbing some speck of dirt from the pommel of his sword, ‘is part of a state of mind … in which you admit the possibility … of being hit.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes
What kind of magic does Joe Abercrombie spin? From first reading The Blade Itself I have become entranced at both his unparalleled skill of taking a small minor character and transforming them into huge players of the game, he also is a supreme creator of intricate plots. This has been my favorite installment of the series by far, the NORTH fascinates me. I loved the POV’s from Logen, dogman, and Black Dow in the original trilogy, and being catapulted back into the extreme north has been invigorating. Wrap up warm, get that coffee brewing because the cold will seep into your bones quicker than liquid nitrogen.
Lord Marshal Kroy is leading the attack on the north and Black Dow. After performing treachery on Ninefingers he is now king of the Northmen and The King of the Union isn’t accepting of his position. Death, destruction, and blood will be wrought. The Heroes is a story of a three-day battle that takes place around the infamous, Heroes, the stone formation upon a hilltop. We have the POV’s of three very different characters, Craw – a soldier extremely long in the tooth, dreaming of retirement, Bremner Dan Gorst, a disgraced Union Soldier who only wants to spill blood, by any means and Prince Calder – still very much dreaming of a throne ruled by his father Bethod.
We meet Craw and his dozen in the opening scene of The Heroes defending The Heroes. I appreciated the human touch that Abercrombie brought to him – he was torn between his inner voice warning him to do the right thing and the necessary need for bloodshed. Craw, Whirrun, and Wonderful were my favorites from that brigand. They displayed a strong sense of camaraderie, a sense of family.
Calder has been imprisoned by Black Dow whom he wants to play a leadership role in the coming war. Black Dow expects Calder to die a quick death, but it doesn’t happen and the reader witnesses Calder becoming stronger, collecting allies planning to challenge Black Dow to a fight to the death. Some massive surprises come of this; some I really didn’t see coming.
Bayaz is still a giant dick.
The Heroes is another story that displays Abercrombie’s ability to write memorable characters…I was however disappointed that my main man, Glokta didn’t make an appearance…Abercrombie is nothing but a gloktease!
― Joe Abercrombie, The Heroes
What kind of magic does Joe Abercrombie spin? From first reading The Blade Itself I have become entranced at both his unparalleled skill of taking a small minor character and transforming them into huge players of the game, he also is a supreme creator of intricate plots. This has been my favorite installment of the series by far, the NORTH fascinates me. I loved the POV’s from Logen, dogman, and Black Dow in the original trilogy, and being catapulted back into the extreme north has been invigorating. Wrap up warm, get that coffee brewing because the cold will seep into your bones quicker than liquid nitrogen.
Lord Marshal Kroy is leading the attack on the north and Black Dow. After performing treachery on Ninefingers he is now king of the Northmen and The King of the Union isn’t accepting of his position. Death, destruction, and blood will be wrought. The Heroes is a story of a three-day battle that takes place around the infamous, Heroes, the stone formation upon a hilltop. We have the POV’s of three very different characters, Craw – a soldier extremely long in the tooth, dreaming of retirement, Bremner Dan Gorst, a disgraced Union Soldier who only wants to spill blood, by any means and Prince Calder – still very much dreaming of a throne ruled by his father Bethod.
We meet Craw and his dozen in the opening scene of The Heroes defending The Heroes. I appreciated the human touch that Abercrombie brought to him – he was torn between his inner voice warning him to do the right thing and the necessary need for bloodshed. Craw, Whirrun, and Wonderful were my favorites from that brigand. They displayed a strong sense of camaraderie, a sense of family.
Calder has been imprisoned by Black Dow whom he wants to play a leadership role in the coming war. Black Dow expects Calder to die a quick death, but it doesn’t happen and the reader witnesses Calder becoming stronger, collecting allies planning to challenge Black Dow to a fight to the death. Some massive surprises come of this; some I really didn’t see coming.
Bayaz is still a giant dick.
The Heroes is another story that displays Abercrombie’s ability to write memorable characters…I was however disappointed that my main man, Glokta didn’t make an appearance…Abercrombie is nothing but a gloktease!