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The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

cowboytd's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

euzie's review against another edition

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5.0

Currently reading all of these first law books back to back. This is by far the best..so far

cg2001's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

cjnicks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

spaceross's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny tense medium-paced
  • 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

4.0

chrisbiss's review against another edition

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3.0

Over the past few months I re-read all of The First Law and the standalone novels so that I could read this trilogy for the first time.

I'm still not enjoying this series as much as the earlier books. So far it suffers from the same problems as Best Served Cold. I don't feel like I really know the characters all that well, and it's not as rooted in the geography as the earlier books soworld doesn't feel quite as alive or well-realised, either. People travel huge distances on journeys we don't get to see, and we don't really get any sense of how much time has passed in the interim. Meanwhile we keep being teased with glimpses and hints of the things Bayaz is getting up to off-screen, and I'm starting to wish that I was reading that book instead. Hopefully that will pay off in book 3.

It's strange, because these books are of a similar length to the original trilogy and feature a similar number of POV characters, and yet they feel a little rushed pacing-wise in ways that trilogy never did. We're presumably spending a similar amount of time with each of these characters but I don't feel like we're given long enough to really get to know them. After two books I honestly don't know what Rikke or Orso actually *want*. 

I'll finish the series because at this point I'd be daft not to, but I sincerely hope it all comes together in book 3 so I can be excited about the books that Joe is currently writing.

geo__'s review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing!! Thw character arcs were amazingly well written. My favourite was Rikker, but then Rikker is my favourite character! Abercrombie's writing hits as hard as ever as well. 
Savine and Leo's contrast as always, delightful to watch! Have to say, I do have a feeling selling out Rikker will come bite her in the future... Leo's closet case getting worse after Sipani was extremely entertaining! Jurand remains one of my favourite characters as well, even if he's absent for a large chunk. Nothing made me happier than the fall of the Great Wolf! Finally! 

shanchaar's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

beangreen's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0