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The Devils by Joe Abercrombie
4.0
adventurous dark emotional funny medium-paced

This book had so much potential to be 5 starts for me. The characters are so amazing and I was invested in them completely. I suppose the issue with having so many great characters is having to give their backgrounds and developments plenty of time. Which, unfortunately, meant a lot of a drag in an otherwise very fast paced book. The conclusion of this book took way too long to reach, although it was a fantastic and gut wrenching end. This book took me
so long to finish though because of all the in-between on the journey the characters took. I really believe this book could have been at least 150 pages shorter and it would have been better for it.

Overall, I still had a lot of fun. Theres a lot of comedic relief with some fun, gory battles. If you read this, try not to take everything so seriously and enjoy the ride. And - if you can - I HIGHLY recommend the audiobook. I would've finished this nook so much sooner had I been able to get the audiobook from
the library sooner.