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A dark fantasy novel that tells the story of how the Black Company comes to serve what would be considered the wrong side in a continent spanning war. Informal and great dialogue, mixed with poetic thoughts of the narrator, Croaker.
This was pretty okay. It took some time for me to get into it, but when I did, it cracked. I would give it four stars, but it dragged its feet too long and had a bad habit of telling instead of showing; buuuuuttttt, I can see the growth potential with the book and I have a feeling it is a series that will get better, and I predict hitting a Plateau near the middle books where it struggles to keep pace with previous books.
Such is the way of these things. I will give The Black Company a few more ...more
Such is the way of these things. I will give The Black Company a few more ...more
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