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A bit formulaic in places - almost all the plot twists were just too perfectly obvious, but I still loved the writing - Abercrombie was firing on all cylinders, and crafts a great world, populates it with wonderful characters, and sends them crashing out with brilliant urgency. I immediately picked up and started the second book in the series, Half the World, and I'm halfway done with it after a few days. Refreshing to read something this well paced, after slogging through the last couple of boo
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Half way in I wasn't sure I was sold on this book, but in the end Abercrombie's combination of his typical grim fantasy with characters who all have strong and reasonable motivations really won me over. I really loved all the grey here, nothing is black and white, their are no heroes or villains, everybody seems to have justifiable reasons for their actions.
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Short, laser focused. Even being on the YA category, I got exactly what I enjoy about Abercrombie: big characters that never stand too far in either extreme. There's good and bad about everybody. Also, the set pieces. It's just so much fun!
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Mar 14, 2015
Thomas Kung
marked it as to-read
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