tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post1917312643660524044..comments2024-03-22T19:07:21.790+00:00Comments on The Wertzone: Half the World by Joe AbercrombieAdam Whiteheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-24791666862491912532015-03-06T01:31:56.997+00:002015-03-06T01:31:56.997+00:00Read the book in two days. Now I don't know wh...Read the book in two days. Now I don't know what to do until July.<br /><br />Aber is so easy to read that you fly through the pages, the pace is quick - and satisfyingly so, no travelogues in this series - the characters enjoyable and the story great. Buy it. Hang it on your wall or put it under your pillow, for t'is a great book, and it deserves to be mounted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703856341303488608.post-7093973671208311122014-10-23T14:02:59.521+00:002014-10-23T14:02:59.521+00:00Abercrombie has yet to disappoint but I find mysel...Abercrombie has yet to disappoint but I find myself hesitant to read the novel because the protagonist of the first novel now plays a secondary role. I was burned earlier in the year with Tower Lord. Anthony Ryans debut was superb and Idk if its the fact that the second novel was released through a publishing house or the natural unsteady footing of a second novel but the book was a massive disappointment. The central character Vaelin al Sorna is relegated to a secondary role. A hitherto unknown woman who attempts to assasinate him is the main protagonist and the story revolves around her suddenly blossoming from a novice to a master warrior on Vealins level practically overnight while dealing with her sexuality. The first was just terrible since it breaks the tension of the novel by covering her in plot armor and diminishing the prowess of the so called dangerous foes, the second wouldn't have been a problem if it wasn't such a main plot point. I personally wanted more Vaelin badassery not a LGBT mellodrama. I'm all for diversity in sci fantasy but not at the expense of the quality of the novel. Anthony Ryan just did it wrong, very wrong. I blame mostly the fact that Blood song 2 was not about the character I was waiting two years to read more of. So I await HaK with trepidation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com