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A review by cynicgirl
The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie
5.0
Joe Abercrombie is my favourite author. His books just keep getting better and better. His characters are fully realised, and the story excellent. In his early books, he wasn’t quite so strong with his female cast, but now Savine and Rikke are among my favourites. The ladies are as callous, vicious, calculating and power hungry as the men!
No one writes battle scenes like JA. You are right there beside the fighters. Wading in blood, mud and sh*t. Feeling the terror, the rage and the confusion. Battle is chaos, there are no heroes (although Leo does his best to live up to the hype), only those who survive and those who don’t.
Abercrombie’s books are very much in the moment. I’m so busy enjoying each page, that despite having the omnipresent POV, I am never left thinking about the next page, only the current one. As such the reveal at the end of the book had me saying, “No way!”, closely followed by, “Of course!” As all the pieces fell neatly into place.
I wont write about the story, other than to say its enjoyable, descriptive, believable and when reading this book I was fully immersed in the world and its people. It’s character driven and there are SO MANY good characters. The world is unforgiving and dark, but not without wit and humour. Dialogue continues to be Abercrombie’s strong suit.
Go read it.
No one writes battle scenes like JA. You are right there beside the fighters. Wading in blood, mud and sh*t. Feeling the terror, the rage and the confusion. Battle is chaos, there are no heroes (although Leo does his best to live up to the hype), only those who survive and those who don’t.
Abercrombie’s books are very much in the moment. I’m so busy enjoying each page, that despite having the omnipresent POV, I am never left thinking about the next page, only the current one. As such the reveal at the end of the book had me saying, “No way!”, closely followed by, “Of course!” As all the pieces fell neatly into place.
I wont write about the story, other than to say its enjoyable, descriptive, believable and when reading this book I was fully immersed in the world and its people. It’s character driven and there are SO MANY good characters. The world is unforgiving and dark, but not without wit and humour. Dialogue continues to be Abercrombie’s strong suit.
Go read it.