Loved itA Little Hatred and The Trouble with Peace by Joe Abercrombie. Book one and two to the Age of Madness series. Adoring this so much. Both of these were five out of five star reads. Maybe my favorite Abbercrombie so far.
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A Little Hatred (2019)
Others: Leaning negative The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta — socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union — plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another . . .
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2023 · 2 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positiveFrom New York Times bestselling author Joe Abercrombie, the Age of Madness trilogy is a revered epic fantasy series where the age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. This box set contains the completed A Little Hatred , The Trouble with Peace , and The Wisdom of Crowds "A master of his craft." — Forbes The chimneys of industry rise over Adua and the world seethes with new opportunities. But old scores run deep as ever. On the blood-soaked borders of Angland, Leo dan Brock struggles to win fame on the battlefield, and defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. He hopes for help from the crown. But King Jezal's son, the feckless Prince Orso, is a man who specializes in disappointments. Savine dan Glokta — socialite, investor, and daughter of the most feared man in the Union — plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society by any means necessary. But the slums boil over with a rage that all the money in the world cannot control. The age of the machine dawns, but the age of magic refuses to die. With the help of the mad hillwoman Isern-i-Phail, Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another . . . Now, get the complete trilogy in one boxed set.
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Not a fanI then start tried to do the follow-up Trilogy with starting with a little hatred I think is the first book there and immediately bounced off something that I'm just not into
Mixedwhat I believe is the plot the pacing the World building the writing techniques themselves are elevated from that first book... you don't get those Logans you don't get the characters like laka who are pretty beloved you just get everybody that's pretty good
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Mixedthis first book of the age of Madness Trilogy is very strong it's a four maybe even a four and a half star book for me but for me the reason this is so low is the setting
MixedSo, A Little Hatred is the first of the Age of Madness trilogy and yes, I really enjoyed this. I really loved the characters like Leo and Orso. I think with characters like Savine, I did not quite click with straight away.
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