Reviews - Before They Are Hanged

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Before They Are Hanged

Joe Abercrombie

4.3 AVERAGE

robhan's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

kingliestrat's review against another edition

5.0

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

v_machina's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookmousebekah's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

neggart's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ejrathke's review against another edition

4.0

Enjoyed this much more than the first novel, which was generally pretty generic. but this adds a whole lot of strangeness to the world and story and it fans out in interesting ways across the world.

But, yeah, pretty solid stuff. Not my favorite fantasy of the year but it's a step up from what came before and it deals with narrative expectations in interesting ways. It's kind of never the book you expect it to be, which is interesting since the first book held so few surprises.

I've heard the trilogy gets better as you go and I see why. Probably finishing the trilogy before the end of the year, so we'll see what I think.