Chaos. Fury. Destruction.
The Great Change is upon us...
Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.
With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies... while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.
The banks have fallen, the sun of the …
Chaos. Fury. Destruction.
The Great Change is upon us...
Some say that to change the world you must first burn it down. Now that belief will be tested in the crucible of revolution: the Breakers and Burners have seized the levers of power, the smoke of riots has replaced the smog of industry, and all must submit to the wisdom of crowds.
With nothing left to lose, Citizen Brock is determined to become a new hero for the new age, while Citizeness Savine must turn her talents from profit to survival before she can claw her way to redemption. Orso will find that when the world is turned upside down, no one is lower than a monarch. And in the bloody North, Rikke and her fragile Protectorate are running out of allies... while Black Calder gathers his forces and plots his vengeance.
The banks have fallen, the sun of the Union has been torn down, and in the darkness behind the scenes, the threads of the Weaver’s ruthless plan are slowly being drawn together...
I love this series almost as much as the First Law books. The humor in the midst of such horrible goings on gets me every time. Rikke is an amazing character and I'd read a lot more about her.
J'ai relu mon avis sur le tome précédent, et je reste globalement d'accord avec moi-même pour celui-ci (ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas, donc c'est déjà bon signe) : c'est du Abercrombie, c'est intelligent, j'aime les personnages et l'univers, mais le style n'a pas pris dans cette trilogie une direction qui convient à mes goûts personnels, et dans le texte français, j'ai trouvé des maladresses que je ne sais pas à qui imputer.
Dans ce tome, j'ai été déçu par le traitement trop caricatural de la révolution. Je pense qu'on peut faire aussi violent en apportant des nuances et de la complexité en plus. Le roman est aussi assez long à se mettre en place, plutôt confus et désorganisé au début.
Mais le reste... ça marche. Mais j'avais aimé les deux premiers tomes, et aime l'auteur depuis longtemps ; ainsi, il n'y avait pas de raison pour que l'opération …
J'ai relu mon avis sur le tome précédent, et je reste globalement d'accord avec moi-même pour celui-ci (ce qui n'est pas toujours le cas, donc c'est déjà bon signe) : c'est du Abercrombie, c'est intelligent, j'aime les personnages et l'univers, mais le style n'a pas pris dans cette trilogie une direction qui convient à mes goûts personnels, et dans le texte français, j'ai trouvé des maladresses que je ne sais pas à qui imputer.
Dans ce tome, j'ai été déçu par le traitement trop caricatural de la révolution. Je pense qu'on peut faire aussi violent en apportant des nuances et de la complexité en plus. Le roman est aussi assez long à se mettre en place, plutôt confus et désorganisé au début.
Mais le reste... ça marche. Mais j'avais aimé les deux premiers tomes, et aime l'auteur depuis longtemps ; ainsi, il n'y avait pas de raison pour que l'opération ne fonctionne pas. J'ai été très surpris par certains twists (apparemment prévisibles, mais bon !). La fin me satisfait, car je craignais qu'elle manque d'informations concernant ce que devient Bayaz.
Pourtant, une certaine amertume demeure, et pas seulement à cause de la mort de l'un de mes personnages préférés... Certains éléments me paraissent forcés ou pas assez fouillés. Je ne dirais pas que ce tome est bâclé, mais cette trilogie, à l'image de son style rapide et très direct, me donne l'impression de ne pas avoir été aussi soignée qu'elle aurait pu l'être. Comme si elle était assez peu ambitieuse. Mais bon, je me permets de dire cela alors que j'ai plusieurs fois lâché le livre de surprise en poussant des "NON!" investis ou des "QUOI?" bouleversés.
Joe Abercrombie I am crying. I hate you.
Imagine the French Revolution covertly instigated and conducted by a few influential figures of the establishment. With the sole aim of screwing other such people. Just to reinstall the monarchy in the end. A noble cause, perhaps. And a cunning plan. Quite naturally, things do not go as planned and take a turn for the worse. Things burn and people die in spectacular manner.
Surprisingly, the one who emerges as a complex character is Leo dan Brock. And that's it, as anything else in the book is predictable and happens exactly the way a reader had suspected since a certain prophecy in A Little Hatred. Still a great page turner.
Joe Abercrombie writes top contemporary fantasy, so do get The Age of Madness Series. You won't regret it.
The world was turned upside down, indeed. Traitors were patriots, turncoats were loyalists, corruption was purity and the truth a lie.
Either I needed a few books to get back in to the flow of Abercrombie, I was able to read through this quicker, or I had a better grasp on the characters; whatever it was I enjoyed this book immensely.
"So..." Orso rather awkwardly cleared his throat. "What happens now?"
"The people will decide," said Pike. Orso glanced about him. At the people.
"Really"? He gave a puzzled smile. "Are they equipped for that?"
I have rated the earlier books in the series harshly but that doesn't mean I wouldn't recommend it to others. I would like to give the book (and series) a proper review with thoughts on character progression, emotional attachment I had to them or the fun (and grim) parallels to modern time but that's probably …
The world was turned upside down, indeed. Traitors were patriots, turncoats were loyalists, corruption was purity and the truth a lie.
Either I needed a few books to get back in to the flow of Abercrombie, I was able to read through this quicker, or I had a better grasp on the characters; whatever it was I enjoyed this book immensely.
"So..." Orso rather awkwardly cleared his throat. "What happens now?"
"The people will decide," said Pike. Orso glanced about him. At the people.
"Really"? He gave a puzzled smile. "Are they equipped for that?"
I have rated the earlier books in the series harshly but that doesn't mean I wouldn't recommend it to others. I would like to give the book (and series) a proper review with thoughts on character progression, emotional attachment I had to them or the fun (and grim) parallels to modern time but that's probably better suited for the other reviewers on Goodreads.
Her mother had always warned her a man is judged by his best moment, a woman by her worst.
Thanks Abercrombie for releasing this trilogy so quickly and delivering what we wanted from The First Law.
