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Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

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ragic_drake's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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

So, so good. Every setting and action scene was vivid, immersive, and memorable. The sense of impending doom was real. The characters are as 3D as real people at this point. I'm loving this series. Bring on book 3!

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djthedj's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

My mans, my mans, my mans Abercrombie. Andrew asked me if this book had any heroes and I would say each POV character is a hero in there own right. Just not a good person… I admire Abe as a writer but as I read him more, I do begin to see his pitfalls as a writer. That which he used to so strongly characterize his POVs can come across repetitive if you read this quickly. Hearing Glokta lick his gums every time he shows up made me quirk a lip. But no matter because I enjoy every character. I’m invested in their story and I am very very excited to have everything come together. If he sticks the landing with the conclusion, it’ll be a 5 book for sure.

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downtowndaly's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense 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

4.75

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lydiasbooknook's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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drdash's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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sydneyo_0's review

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adventurous dark 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

4.0

To me this book seems to be a very realistic outlook on politics, war, and questing. Not everything goes as planned, sometimes all you can do is watch as people make disastrous choices, and other times it is sheer dumb luck that keeps you alive. This book keeps fleshing out the characters and the world that the first book introduced. I love reading about morally grey characters

and to be honest I think that sums up the majority of the characters in this series.

I feel like I've learned a lot in this book but I still have no idea what will happen next. I'm eager to learn and excited to continue on. I'm looking forward to finishing this trilogy and I am sure that the last book will be the best of the three. I think I'm being realistic about this prediction.

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