Tim
Ok I loved books 1-3, This book seems like a big reset button. Adding new characters giving small characters larger rolls. And skipping some characters altogether. The author has stated this is only half of a much larger book so the next book will have those missing characters. But as I was reading I was wholly confused as it seems he talked about events that were not in the books and often drifts off in some story that did not seem to go anywhere were quite forgettable that when he returned hundreds of pages later you had no idea what I was reading I had to look back. No why did I give this three stars? This is still better than a lot of books that I have attempted to read. Even though it was boring at times and not much happened I still wanted to see what was going to happen next. I have already downloaded the fitfh book and hope to read it soon
Ok I loved books 1-3, This book seems like a big reset button. Adding new characters giving small characters larger rolls. And skipping some characters altogether. The author has stated this is only half of a much larger book so the next book will have those missing characters. But as I was reading I was wholly confused as it seems he talked about events that were not in the books and often drifts off in some story that did not seem to go anywhere were quite forgettable that when he returned hundreds of pages later you had no idea what I was reading I had to look back. No why did I give this three stars? This is still better than a lot of books that I have attempted to read. Even though it was boring at times and not much happened I still wanted to see what was going to happen next. I have already downloaded the fitfh book and hope to read it soon
This rating hurt as Joe Abercrombie is one of my favorite authors. This one just seemed a bit off. It felt rushed from one fight scene to another. I really wish there was a bit more character development.
The story is of the Devils who are basically prisoners of the church who are used for special assignments
This assignment is to bring a young street urchin who finds out she s the daughter of the empress who was killed by her sister. The Devils need to bring her to the serpent throne to take her rightful place on the throne. But first she needs to be on the lookout for her cousins the Dukes who also want to take over the throne.
The last 25% of the book was really quite good but the leading 75% was kind of a mess. It just seemed like there really was no flow.
The humor is there is Joe Abercrombie fashion. I truly love that about the book but the world building was not there and the characters seemed a bit flat.
I believe i read this is the first in the series and I will read the next book when it comes out. So it was not all that bad
This rating hurt as Joe Abercrombie is one of my favorite authors. This one just seemed a bit off. It felt rushed from one fight scene to another. I really wish there was a bit more character development.
The story is of the Devils who are basically prisoners of the church who are used for special assignments
This assignment is to bring a young street urchin who finds out she s the daughter of the empress who was killed by her sister. The Devils need to bring her to the serpent throne to take her rightful place on the throne. But first she needs to be on the lookout for her cousins the Dukes who also want to take over the throne.
The last 25% of the book was really quite good but the leading 75% was kind of a mess. It just seemed like there really was no flow.
The humor is there is Joe Abercrombie fashion. I truly love that about the book but the world building was not there and the characters seemed a bit flat.
I believe i read this is the first in the series and I will read the next book when it comes out. So it was not all that bad