![]() ![]() The general tone isn’t quite as bleak as Abercrombie’s previous tomes, but make no mistake – this isn’t a watered-down version of his previous novels. ![]() Take the violence, complexity and world-weariness from Abercrombie’s adult fare and what do you get? It’s impossible to say, as Half a King keeps all the traits that make Abercrombie so special, earning its place beside his previous works.Īfter reading Half a King, it’s clear that too much was made of the book’s “young adult” description. But as the first book in a young adult trilogy, Half a King faced a different challenge than its predecessors. The Heroes is Abercrombie’s take on a war novel Red Country is a fantasy western. With his debut trilogy under his belt, Abercrombie began blending his fantasy tales with other genres – Best Served Cold is a revenge novel that just happens to be set in the same world as his First Law trilogy. What Half a King does is remind us that it’s not the violence or occasional profanity that has made Abercrombie such a tour de force – it’s his perceptive ability to craft characters, and to tell stories that show us all the nooks and crannies that make them more than just characters on a page.Ībercrombie’s exploration of the fantasy genre is nothing new. ![]() Those credentials were long established with the First Law trilogy, which turned our expectations on their heads and introduced a new way to explore fantasy storytelling. Half a King isn’t the book that proves Joe Abercrombie’s skill. ![]()
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