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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly surprised how much better this is than the original trilogy. Abercrombie has come a long way. His writing in every way is jsut better. Funnier, more sophisticated, more personality, and on and on.
Maybe this is on me for having pretty tempered expectations for Abercrombie, but he's really come a long way.
Everything you like about Abercrombie is heightened and pushed up several levels. Everything you hate about Abercrombie is largely absent, honestly. He's significantly better at writing women. His writing about society and politics is much more interesting. He's tackling more interesting themes anyway.
The industrial revolution has come to his fantasy world and Abercrombie's not shying away from the sociopolitical ramifications here. We get revolution, violence, labor agitation, political violence, ruthless industrialists, and so much more.
Yeah, I just am honestly surprised here. This is an honestly great book. We'll see if he can keep it up, but I'd say this is his best novel he's written so far.
Maybe this is on me for having pretty tempered expectations for Abercrombie, but he's really come a long way.
Everything you like about Abercrombie is heightened and pushed up several levels. Everything you hate about Abercrombie is largely absent, honestly. He's significantly better at writing women. His writing about society and politics is much more interesting. He's tackling more interesting themes anyway.
The industrial revolution has come to his fantasy world and Abercrombie's not shying away from the sociopolitical ramifications here. We get revolution, violence, labor agitation, political violence, ruthless industrialists, and so much more.
Yeah, I just am honestly surprised here. This is an honestly great book. We'll see if he can keep it up, but I'd say this is his best novel he's written so far.
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
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:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In the mid 2010s I remember bouncing off of Abercrombie. I am certain that I have changed: I try to meet books where they are. I am glad that I gave Abercrombie another go with this series (for which I have immediately purchased book #2 in the trilogy). A Little Hatred draws, sometimes unsubtle, lines to ideas of corporate and government corruption, as well as work rights and market regulation. Abercrombie centres the people in the layers of society here. He achieves one of the most effective realisations of hopelessness: maybe what we have is the best it can be. Perhaps status quo and revolution are equally bound to burn themselves out eventually.
Or maybe it's not that deep. Maybe it's just a diverse, point of view, driven modern dark contemporary fantasy book in a Northern Europe analogue.
It's well done enough to stand out in either field you put it in, both of which can feel a little crowded.
Or maybe it's not that deep. Maybe it's just a diverse, point of view, driven modern dark contemporary fantasy book in a Northern Europe analogue.
It's well done enough to stand out in either field you put it in, both of which can feel a little crowded.