Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie

4 reviews

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Hands down the best middle book of a trilogy I've ever read, perhaps Abercrombie's best work so far as well. It was an improvement over its predecessor in every single way, with an enthralling plot, impeccable pacing, and amazing character development, which left me wondering where the hell the story would even go from here, considering everything that happened. I would have finished it in 3 days which would be the fastest I ever read a 500+ page book, if I hadn't postponed reading the last act due to real-life matters. Without spoilers, I would say it just encompasses the best of everything he has to offer into a single book, but the stakes are higher than last time, and it's executed better than ever. I believe this book has cemented

Orso and Rikke

as my favorite characters in the new trilogy, and as much as I would like to gush about my newfound favorites, this is one of those instances where I would just prefer to go and read the next book immediately than talk ( Although I won't yet because I am still processing.. ). So yes, no complaints, no extra thoughts, I am simply blown away!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Moderate: Homophobia and Sexual content

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• 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

The ending for this book was much more interesting than in the first book.

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Content Warnings

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

quail's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia and Incest

srm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

I had a lot of high hopes for this book, and several of them were met, but others were less so. What I've always liked best about Abercrombie is how he writes characters, and there were a handful of moments that I felt like they took a backseat for other purposes. Not a lot, but more than I'm used to in the Fist Law books. Still, excitement is high for the third and final book of the trilogy. Please more King Jappo!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Torture, Gore, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Homophobia

Minor: Incest