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Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

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lysander_vk's review against another edition

4.0

I thought this was a better book than "The Blade Itself", but it's still a pretty uneven book. There's much more action in this one, but sometimes there's so much that one can grow a bit numb to it, which is a shame because one of the best action scenes in the book is preceded by two fairly standard ones. The humor is fantastic in this one, though. The last book got me to smile often but this one had me laugh aloud more than once. I'm excited to see how Abercrombie ties up this trilogy with "The Last Argument of Kings".

lefthandedbibliophile's review

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5.0

4.85 stars

I like reading fantasies well enough but was never too keen on those being termed as High/Epic Fantasies considering them not my cuppa... or so I thought. I am glad to be wrong in this instance :)
This series is well into my favourites/re-reads shelf. My only regret is that I took so many months to finish this one off, no fault of the book just my capricious infidelities towards books O.O

P.S :Glokta
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theunderfold's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

vishnuv1228's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

hiddenorcrist's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mattstephen's review

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adventurous dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Abercrombie's world revolves around the whims of reckless failsons, helpless nepo babies, and unscrupulous aspirants. Everyone else just deals with the fallout. Sounds familiar!

Abercrombie does it all in a laugh-out-loud funny, dark fantasy page-turner.