In my review for Half the World, book two in the series, I said, “The two can’t stop worrying at each other and their eventual romance, with standard misunderstanding, is pretty predictable. Both characters have good arcs and come to happy endings, I just wasn’t as interested in their perspective of world events as I had Yarvi’s. While I am interested in the events occurring around the Shattered Sea, and how Father Yarvi and Gettland will get through the eventual war that is coming, I hope that […]
‘Grimdark’ wears out its welcome for me
So lately I really seem to be picking books with really unredeemable characters (see my reviews for the Tales of the Ketty Jay series), and I’m struggling a bit. I read this book in the gym–I’m a nerd and reading while cycling/on the elliptical is one of the only things that keeps me from getting bored at this point–and some points were really exciting, but most of the time I just felt kind of… meh about it. Mostly this is because I found I didn’t care […]
Half the World – not half as interesting as the 1st book in series
I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the Shattered Sea trilogy, Half a King and gave it a four star review. In the comments, narfna said, “I LOVED this book. The sequels were a bit disappointing for me, though.” Uh oh. After taking a non-fiction break, I picked up Half the World with a tiny bit of doubt that I would enjoy it as much as the first. While I can’t speak for book three yet, I did find Half the World a bit disappointing. I give […]
Half a King – Abercrombie with half the gore
Joe Abercrombie is the author of the First Law Trilogy. A fairly brutal series that is more graphic than most standard fantasy, I recall wincing at times while reading the series. While I thoroughly enjoyed the First Law books, I have never gotten around to the follow up books in the world setting. In 2014 “Half a King” came out and was featured at my favorite bookstore as the speculative fiction pick of the month. I seem to recall hearing that he had written this […]