Co-Review: Half a King by Joe Abercrombie
Nov. 4th, 2014 02:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
What does it mean when a book is released as YA fantasy in one country but adult fantasy in another? What IS epic fantasy, anyway? Should everyone read One Piece (YES)? Does it matter if most of the awesome parts of a book have to be found in hindsight and require qualification? Are revenge narratives over kingdoms even interesting anymore? Does Joe Abercrombie like pain and suffering to the exclusion of everything else*? Renay and Ana from The Book Smugglers tackle these questions and more using thousands and thousands of words.
* lies; we don't tackle this at all, because the answer is obviously yes.
( cover and blurb although the blurb got a little overwhelmed with itself )
Spoilers.
Renay: So, that happened. ( Read more... )