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A Little Hatred

Joe Abercrombie

4.41 AVERAGE

hook0690's review against another edition

3.0

3.5/5

nerdsingerbeej's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

edward_dorobek's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Joe has really figured out how to be ultra-entertaining. Much better paced than The Blade Itself, and easier to follow than The Last Argument of Kings. Unforunately, it's a bit thematically weak (or the original nihilist attitudes have just been been beaten to death.) Nothing particularly insightful is said about labor reform/capitalism. Excited to read the rest of trilogy though.

pulpmonkey66's review against another edition

5.0

People named Joe can write the best dialogue. I'm a huge fan of Joe Lansdale and love his work. His dialogue is great and always a pleasure to read.

I read the First Law trilogy a long while back and liked it a lot. I then read everything else Joe Abercrombie wrote as it came out including his young adult series. I normally won't read young adult series having raised teenagers, I don't need to revisit that kind of thinking. I largely enjoyed the books I've read, but didn't get started on this last trilogy until it was completed. Well... a couple years after it was completed.

A Little Hatred blew me away. I highlighted so much dialogue through the book and enjoyed all the characters. NOTE: I "enjoyed" the characters does not equal I "liked" the characters because Joe Abercrombie loves writing about assholes. I just looked at my review of the last book of the first trilogy. Apparently I was caught off guard about all the characters being unlikeable then. I'm glad I was better prepared.

dzver's review against another edition

4.0

Джо Абъркромби е попрекалил с героите, от чието име се развива действието. Много са и някои си приличат толкова, че е трудно да се различават. Някои вече не помня. От главните герои, Риккъ, Савин и Детелината ми бяха интересни и са причина да дам 4 звезди. Някои от второстепенните по-скоро трябва да се претупват или дори прескачат, иначе има сериозен риск книгата да остане непрочетена или да разочарова.

Въпреки недостатъчната редакторска намеса, това си е прилично фентъзи с откачен свят. Не е реалистична, но едва ли някой започва Джо Абъркромби, за да търси реализъм. Приключих я преди дни и все още ме държи.

Четеше се бавно заради многото превключвания между различни гледни точки.

goblin_boy's review against another edition

5.0

Darkly comedic and wonderfully grim

This was a great story stepping back into the world of first law. The characters were just familiar enough to give you footing without it being fan service. This story was very unique I that there were 6 books before it building up the history of the world. So when you step in and read about the troubles in Styria you remember best served cold and when you meet Scales nephew you remember the heroes. All in all, a great read.