lukeprog 's review for:

Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

5.0

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Every chapter goes down like a chocolate milkshake. This book retains the strengths of the previous ones — great prose, great characters, etc. — and adds more plot and action that the previous book was somewhat lacking. It doesn't have the rich worldbuilding or impeccable structure of e.g. The Way of Kings, but that's made up for by it's excellent prose and characters. Plus, I like the low predictability and (relative) realism of grimdark.