Reviews

Half a War by Joe Abercrombie

patuso's review against another edition

5.0

Mis 5 estrellas al final de esta trilogía.

De nuevo he vuelto a sorprenderme y asustarme con el ingenio de Yarvi...
Y de nuevo el autor nos presenta nuevos personajes, escenarios y situaciones que, de la misma manera que en los anteriores libros, consiguen mantenerme enganchada.
No he podido parar de leer desde la mitad del libro ansiosa por saber cómo terminaría esta guerra... y vaya, no ha dejado de sorprenderme!

Me alegro mucho de haber conocido a Abercrombie de la mano de esta trilogía, sin duda leeré más del autor!

abbeysykes's review against another edition

adventurous

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

anatrnd's review against another edition

4.0

нарешті дочитала, бо друга половина книжки якось дуже повільно читалась, хоча там якраз багато екшну. моє знайомство з Аберкромбі, і це гарне середньовічне скандинавське фентезі, яке ніби і янг едалт через вік персонажів, але тут багато жорстокості та політики, тому порадила б спробувати цю трилогію всім. ще й сподобалось, що більшість персонажів тут не добрі чи злі, а антигерої, за такими набагато цікавіше спостерігати

у фіналі стало якось дуже сумно, бо закінчилось все ніби добре, але для окремих персонажів все погано: одній парі ніколи не бути разом. у другій парі - смерть, у третій - людина залишилась з розбитим серцем, і лише у двох людей все ніби чудово. ще й серце розбите, бо один мій улюблений персонаж помер, другий страждає через його смерть, а у третього якраз розбите серце, ех

шкода прощатись з цими сетингом, історією та персонажами, тому чекатиму виходу третьої частини української і тоді перечитаю всю трилогію знову

ian_ramos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

jenhurst's review against another edition

3.0

I think it was a satisfying conclusion and I did enjoy it, but it’s not where near as good as the first law. I also don’t like how the series had different POV characters every book.

peterkeep's review against another edition

5.0

There it is. The conclusion. Abercrombie writes nice endings. I really loved the ending of his First Law trilogy, and he's done a nice job wrapping up his standalone books from the same world, and he does a nice job here. More new main characters that are easy to root for, that refresh the story, and that add some interesting perspective. The old ones are still around, and even though we don't follow them specifically, it's still easy to see what they're up to, and to kind of "finish" their story ourselves by filling in the blanks.

I really do love the fact that Abercrombie doesn't change how he writes for this series. It's YA, but it's still the same author as the First Law series and related books. He has the same kind of literary tricks (I fell for the

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love scene that I expected, but wait, the characters aren't who I thought they were!

trick that he's done before, for instance) and tone. He uses character catch phrases that instead of feeling cliche, add a lot of depth to the characters quickly. There is a lot of internal struggle (although it's not angsty) and characters missing opportunites to go along with the regular backstabbing bastards that he's so good at writing.

I wrote this in the review of [b: Half a King|18666047|Half a King (Shattered Sea, #1)|Joe Abercrombie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1389378321s/18666047.jpg|25641726], but I'll say it again: he doesn't water these books down even though they're marketed as YA.

There were some heavy-handed messages, with his philosophy on the "elves" being not very subtle at all, but that's fine. He writes a lot about what it means to be human, and showing his hand a bit more than usual isn't a bad thing.

Anyways, here's the easiest summary I can think of: I've read 9 books by Joe Abercrombie, and I haven't found one that I didn't like.

brendalovesbooks's review against another edition

3.0

I really loved the first book in this series. Then with the second, when we had new main characters, it took me a little bit but I grew to love Thorn and Brand. With this third book, though, I just never got attached to the characters, and it really felt like it dragged.

dietzt23's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

lali0210's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

itstoniy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0