The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie Reviews
Description:ISBN 0575083859 / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Author: Joe Abercrombie / Edition: Mass Market Paperback / Paperback / 624 Pages / Book is ... more
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie ... published 2012-05-10 by Gollancz
Newest Review: ... up back to the mud (my favourite take away saying). If you want something a little bit different, a little darker and more ... more
... graphic than your standard fantasy novel, pick this up.
The book starts with Curnden Craw climbing a hill with his crew, the hill has a landmark at the top called the Heroes and much of the book plays out under the watchful gaze of those stone monoliths. the main story arc centers around the Union vs the Northern Kingdom. The Union are fighting to gain more land and are led by one Lord Marshal Kroy and controlled by his August Majesty (the King). There are some undercurrents of intrigue here however with the involvem...more
Price Comparison for The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
|
Joe Abercrombie The Heroes Pages: 512, Paperback, Gollancz Last Update 19.06.2013 14:32
|
|
 £ 0.00  
|
£ 0.01
amazon.co.uk marketplace
|
|
|
Joe Abercrombie The Heroes Pages: 624, Paperback, Gollancz Last Update 19.06.2013 14:04
|
|
£ 0.00 24 hours |
£ 6.29
amazon.co.uk
|
|
|
Joe Abercrombie The Heroes
Pages: 512, Paperback, Gollancz Last Update 19.06.2013 14:04
|
|
£ 0.00 24 hours |
£ 12.87
amazon.co.uk
|
|
|
Joe Abercrombie The Heroes
Three men. One battle. No Heroes. Last Update 19.06.2013 14:04
|
|
£ 0.00 24 hours |
£ 9.59
amazon.co.uk
|
Customer The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie Reviews (1)
by - written on 25/07/12, updated on 25/07/12 (Useful, 6 readings)
Rating:
When I picked up the Heroes I thought maybe it would be something akin to ORCS and I was luke warm to the idea of another one of those. Thankfully the book did not disappoint. Heroes is a must read for any fantasy reader, it is a darkly humorous and gritty novel with plenty of action and strong characterization throughout. Not so much a hack and slash quest book but more of a gritty look at what war and camaraderie means and why go through it when really everything ends up back to the mud (my favourite take away saying). If you want something a little bit different, a little darker and more graphic than your standard fantasy novel, pick this up. The book ... Read the complete review
Products Similar to The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
The Compleat Ankh-Morpork - Terry Pratchett
Wicked Business - Janet Evanovich
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain: 25th Anniversary Edition - Steve Jackson - 
Lots of battles and things to do so you will not get bored. 
None for me.
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat - Ernest Bramah - Gravity-dispelling Concentration-demanding
The Summoning - Kelley Armstrong - A good beginning to a YA paranormal series... None
| More products in Fiction Book All these and are taken from reviews of the dooyooCommunity. | ||
|---|---|---|
 Evil Valley - Simon Hall Occasionally there's some good writing Cliched, anticlimactic, and needed to be proof read |  The Lady Chapel - Candace Robb |  Arms and the Women - Reginald Hill |
 Remember - Barbara Taylor Bradford |  Basil - Wilkie Collins - Classic Literature - Collins, Wilkie |  Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope Sense of irony and humour makes this a laugh out loud really enjoyable book Stereotypically English so not everyone can necessarily relate |
 The Camel Bookmobile - Masha Hamilton good ideas, good characters, easy read none |  The Rose Labyrinth - Titania Hardie Well plotted tale Too descriptive in places |  Time Out Of Joint - Philip K. Dick |
 Black Dagger Brotherhood: Lover Mine - J.R. Ward Now more urban fantasy than romance Need to read the previous books in the series before reading this one |
