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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
halynahalkina's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Violence
josiah17'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
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
mikki_9's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexism, Violence, War, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Incest, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Torture, and Vomit
srm's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Homophobia
Minor: Incest