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da3m0nic's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Gore, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Racism, and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Excrement, Incest, and Infidelity
surdiablo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and War
Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty
josiah17's review
- 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
5.0
"Hoping for a thing often seems the best way o' bringing on the opposite."
Just a masterful sequel. Full of thrilling scheming, uprising, and betrayal. Abercrombie hardly seems to miss.
Even though I thought this book was slower than A Little Hatred, there wasn't a single dull moment here. For whatever reason, I seem to have slower starts for getting immersed into an Abercrombie book. But not this time. I was thoroughly engaged from page one.
And those final 100 pages?! Insane and the implications are going to be wild.
(Additionally, speaking of A Little Hatred, this book is probably enough to bump that rating to 5 stars. I was already thinking of that book often after I finished it, and I love it even more after reading this one. And the more I contemplate, the more I realize that I probably won't experience writing and characters on par with Abercrombie's in many of the books I read in the future.)
I also haven't really pinned down a favorite character yet, but I think it has to be Rikke. She's hilarious. I seriously just cannot get enough of all the Northmen banter. If Abercrombie wrote a book just about Northmen talking I would eagerly wait in the bookstore for it on release day.
I truly can't wait to see where this story goes in the final book of the trilogy.
Graphic: War, Violence, Death, and Gore
Minor: Sexual content
reggiethebird's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Really good gallows humor, and all of the plot threads braid together in a way that makes sense.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and War