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A review by ejrathke
A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie
5.0
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.