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Half a War

By: Joe Abercrombie
Narrated by: John Keating
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Princess Skara has seen all she loved made blood and ashes. She is left with only words. But the right words can be as deadly as any blade. She must conquer her fears and sharpen her wits to a lethal edge if she is to reclaim her birthright. Only half a war is fought with swords. The deep-cunning Father Yarvi has walked a long road from crippled slave to king's minister. He has made allies of old foes and stitched together an uneasy peace. But now the ruthless Grandmother Wexen has raised the greatest army since the elves made war on God and put Bright Yilling at its head - a man who worships no god but Death. Sometimes one must fight evil with evil. Some - like Thorn Bathu and the sword-bearer Raith - are born to fight, perhaps to die. Others - like Brand the smith and Koll the woodcarver - would rather stand in the light. But when Mother War spreads her iron wings, she may cast the whole Shattered Sea into darkness.

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2nd book was the highlight

1st book was not bad, second book was fantastic, this third book felt better than the first, but finished mediocre.

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Excellently written and performed!

When it Abercrombie and Audible I'm a Steven Pacey fan, that being said, Keating is up there with him, but you have to slow him down in the settings a bit. Awesome series! First Law still rules.

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Wrapped up trilogy nicely.

m m m nn m nn j jn j jn j jb just have b

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Great!

Amazing 3rd book. Great wrap up and lots of twist. Characters are so well defined they feel real. I Highly recommend!!

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Wish I Had Known This Was The 3rd Book...

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I wish Audible had mentioned somewhere that this was the third and final book of the Shattered Sea series. They presented it as if it was a free standing new book. I had my suspicions while reading but I didn't do my own reattach until I was finished. I guess that's my bad but it would have been nice of Audible to mention it somewhere. Anywhere.

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Ended up returning to the e-book

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I love Joe Abercrombie books. This is the first I tried as an audio book...and it was very disappointing. I think it was mostly the performance, not the writing. Halfway through, I found that I had no idea what was happening because I kept tuning out. So I picked up the ebook and immediately was engrossed in the action and characters.

So this was a tough one to rate because when I finally read it, I really really enjoyed it (not quite five star but definitely a 4 plus).

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Felt like the story was somewhat Unfinished

By the end of the book I still had questions. so many topics just kinda went unanswered.

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Excellent conclusion

The writing was excellent. Abercrombie does dark grim very well. I still have a hard time categorizing this series as YA. While I found Half a War a satisfying conclusion to the story, there were aspects of the conclusion that disappointed me. Of the Trilogy, I found this to be my least favorite. The narration was again outstanding.

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A fitting end to this series

A good conclusion to the series.
This series in general however, has just lacked a little of the wit and humor of earlier books. For instance the treacherous but inept and ultimately Darwin-award-destined poisoner Castor from Best Served Cold. Those awkwardly funny, painfully described fumbling sex scenes.
The plots and twists were there but just missing that extra spice.

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it's okay

took awhile to read through despite only being 12 hrs. but it will kill some time.

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