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A review by unlikelyplaces
Red Country by Joe Abercrombie
5.0
"The past never stays buried..."
I was a bit nervous about picking this one up after struggling trough The Heroes and hearing that this was Ambercrombie's take a Western (which is really not my thing at all) but Abercrombie proved me so wrong!
I loved Red Country so much. It was a slightly lighter tone (relatively) than the other books in the series so far and Abercrombie's classic dark wit really shone through in this one. I loved following Shy and Lamb and begrudgingly warmed to Temple and was just so invested in this little found family and their journeys.
I thoroughly enjoyed all the Easter Eggs and references to the previous books and seeing the way that the world has developed over time. It's made me super excited to continue the series and see where it all goes.
This one also made me cry a lot more than any of the previous entries in the series which I was actually surprised by. As much as I have loved Ambercrombie's character work, his books have not often made me feel particularly emotional until this one.
The writing was gorgeous, as always. He just has a way of phrasing things in exactly the right way to make you feel something even though he's just describing like a cloud or something.
So, if you were like me and found The Heroes hard to get through, I'd definitely encourage you to keep going with the series. Such an easy 5 star read for me.
Content warnings: lots of violence and gore, language, alcoholism, a hint of spice, some critical discussion of religion.
I was a bit nervous about picking this one up after struggling trough The Heroes and hearing that this was Ambercrombie's take a Western (which is really not my thing at all) but Abercrombie proved me so wrong!
I loved Red Country so much. It was a slightly lighter tone (relatively) than the other books in the series so far and Abercrombie's classic dark wit really shone through in this one. I loved following Shy and Lamb and begrudgingly warmed to Temple and was just so invested in this little found family and their journeys.
I thoroughly enjoyed all the Easter Eggs and references to the previous books and seeing the way that the world has developed over time. It's made me super excited to continue the series and see where it all goes.
This one also made me cry a lot more than any of the previous entries in the series which I was actually surprised by. As much as I have loved Ambercrombie's character work, his books have not often made me feel particularly emotional until this one.
The writing was gorgeous, as always. He just has a way of phrasing things in exactly the right way to make you feel something even though he's just describing like a cloud or something.
So, if you were like me and found The Heroes hard to get through, I'd definitely encourage you to keep going with the series. Such an easy 5 star read for me.
Content warnings: lots of violence and gore, language, alcoholism, a hint of spice, some critical discussion of religion.