A review by jfaberrit
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie

5.0

If the first book felt a little too heavy on tropes of the fantasy genre, this one seems to find more of its own voice as a road novel, with the battles doing a good job of bringing out characterization rather than just being excuses for action. The bad guys are complex, the rogues perhaps a bit too charming, but there are stories to be told here and they are brought out well. I surprisingly different book than The Blade Itself, but a good sign for things to come.