Review: Half a War, by Joe Abercrombie
by
Stuart Holland
Twists and turns for twisted characters. Try to stand in the light and end up rotting in a ditch. Abercrombie’s worlds are never very kind, but they’re always interesting.
It was interesting to see the full confirmation that the setting of this book is . That was a reasonable supposition already from the previous books, but while it’s never stated outright, it’s fairly unambiguous in this one. It’s a haunting prospect in itself, how the characters all revere and fear the elves, when . They don’t understand that the Breaking of God was presumably .
Setting history aside, the people in it make the story. Skara was easily my favorite. And it was interesting to see Yarvi in such a different light, and how he changes (or doesn’t change?) over the course of this book. Bright Yilling made a great villain, all smiles and boasts, talent with a sword, and ruthless murdering.
Overall, if I were to recommend an Abercrombie book, it would still be The First Law. But this trilogy was a fun one as well.
