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A review by mridzyreads
The Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercrombie
5.0
Officially renaming this book to "Orso never seems to catch a break"
You think the series that started 9 books ago is finally over. You'd be wrong. Granted the stories are also split across two trilogies and three standalones but I've a feeling it's not the end. Specially when there's a vision of the future in the epilogue. whoops, mini spoiler alert.
Let's get back to Orso. The rest of them are irrelevant. For me, not the book. The others all take centre stage but I do have a soft spot for the quick witted fuckboi, King of the Union, Orso. He never seems to catch a break. It's one bad luck after another. Specially if you remember how the last book ended.
Huge character developments. Some for the better, some for the worse. I'm looking at you, Young Lion. This book is about giving power to the people and how outrageously out of control it can get when the sheep becomes the wolf. But there are always two sides of the coin and not necessarily both shine the same.
I grudgingly admit, the book is aptly named. Wisdom of the crowds is a fool's farce. The North is preparing for war and the Union is staring down another war. The age of technology is here and the time of wizards are over. Well almost. And people are still shit no matter how many years pass by.
Thank you Savine, Leo, Orso, Rikke, Calder, Stour, Old Sticks for a brilliant trilogy.
You think the series that started 9 books ago is finally over. You'd be wrong. Granted the stories are also split across two trilogies and three standalones but I've a feeling it's not the end. Specially when there's a vision of the future in the epilogue. whoops, mini spoiler alert.
Let's get back to Orso. The rest of them are irrelevant. For me, not the book. The others all take centre stage but I do have a soft spot for the quick witted fuckboi, King of the Union, Orso. He never seems to catch a break. It's one bad luck after another. Specially if you remember how the last book ended.
Huge character developments. Some for the better, some for the worse. I'm looking at you, Young Lion. This book is about giving power to the people and how outrageously out of control it can get when the sheep becomes the wolf. But there are always two sides of the coin and not necessarily both shine the same.
I grudgingly admit, the book is aptly named. Wisdom of the crowds is a fool's farce. The North is preparing for war and the Union is staring down another war. The age of technology is here and the time of wizards are over. Well almost. And people are still shit no matter how many years pass by.
Thank you Savine, Leo, Orso, Rikke, Calder, Stour, Old Sticks for a brilliant trilogy.