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“The only difference between war and murder is the number of the dead.”
A fitting end to the trilogy, and yet the end seems rather pointless. These books are pageturners, they're sometimes funny, and they're mostly highly enjoyable, but there always seems to be something missing. Some deeper meaning. Some focus beyond just subverting tropes for cheap laughs.
Watching Bayaz' plans unfold is, in the end, what this trilogy has to offer, but fortunately it is indeed quite the enjoyable exercise.
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A fitting end to the trilogy, and yet the end seems rather pointless. These books are pageturners, they're sometimes funny, and they're mostly highly enjoyable, but there always seems to be something missing. Some deeper meaning. Some focus beyond just subverting tropes for cheap laughs.
Watching Bayaz' plans unfold is, in the end, what this trilogy has to offer, but fortunately it is indeed quite the enjoyable exercise.
“Power ...more
Say one thing for Joe Abercrombie, say that he writes one mean ass trilogy.
Great ending to a great series. The last 10% was cleanup but the 25% before that when everything converged into the ending was awesome. A lot of good surprises and I liked that a lot of the main characters were left in disarray. I'll definitely read the other books from this world. ...more
Great ending to a great series. The last 10% was cleanup but the 25% before that when everything converged into the ending was awesome. A lot of good surprises and I liked that a lot of the main characters were left in disarray. I'll definitely read the other books from this world. ...more
