A Little Hatred

by Joe Abercrombie

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Series: Age of Madness (1), First Law World (8)

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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 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.… (more)

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This books up where the previous book in the First Law world left off, a few years later. While some of the old characters are still around, like the Dogman, and make cameo appearances, this book moves on to a new generation. Rikke, the Dogman's daughter and prophet; Leo, son of the governor; Orso, son of the King; and Savine, daughter of the Lector. We follow them as they navigate the current crisis facing the kingdom and the Northlands, which include an uprising by the working class. Typical Abercrombie - good characters, lots of action, grim and bloody. (

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Karlstar | Nov 9, 2024 |

A good, but not great IMO, start to the trilogy. It does get much better though from this set-up point. I really liked the relationship dramas between Savine, Orso, Brock, and Rikke. The shocking twist that Savine learns will of course be known already to the readers of the initial trilogy. The thing that I disliked the most about this one was, [[MAJOR SPOILER]], the ending which involves a very short span of chapters where Rikke sees a vision of the Dogman dying, then Stour kills Scale to take the crown in the North, and Jezal dies mysteriously. That bit felt like it was suddenly too much going on all at once. [[END SPOILER]]. (

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J_Money | Oct 26, 2024 |

It's been quite some time since I read Joe Abercrombie and from the first page, I was hooked. It's not difficult to pique my interest when it comes to Fantasy books, but it's very difficult to read one this good. All of Abercrombie's trademarks are here: unforgettable characters, shocking violence and a dark sense of humor and believe me, the book is really funny at parts. I know this is just book 1, but I'm already speeding onto the next one. With a story like this, you just have to keep going.

I cannot gush enough about Glokta, one of my all-time favorite characters in any story I've ever read, but his daughter Savine gets her spot in the limelight here too. Terrific! (

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hskey | Sep 13, 2024 |

Grimdark series with betrayal, hatred, black humor, and a ton of flawed characters. The black humor is the draw for me. (

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majkia | Mar 28, 2024 |

Bought this book during a B&N sale along with the remaining two in the trilogy. Took some time getting into the flow but it was nice to have a book where chapters were actual breaks or flips to new characters and not just a continuation of previous sentence!

The others story was grand and descriptive. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Joe Abercrombie	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Almeida, Tomás	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Pacey, Steven	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Panepinto, Lauren	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Weber, Sam	Cover artist	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Premios Kelvin 505 (Finalist – Mejor Novela Traducida (Best Translated Novel) – 2021)

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A Little Hatred

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A little Hatred

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2019-09-17

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For Lou,
With grim, dark hugs

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"Rikke."

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Redfearn, Gillian

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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 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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