![]() The characters are consistently great in all their limitations, the plot is pointless but riveting, and I just really enjoyed myself reading it. However the (dark) humour that runs through all this makes it more palatable to read. ![]() The consequences of any Leadership’s pride on the regular person is starkly given, and it is not a good thing. If you look at this book through the prism of our world it is incredibly depressing. There’s lots of pointless deaths (oh so many), inept leadership and the folly of inherited pride, and by the end it was like a description of futility. RT SunSoar25: Happy Friday56 with BookBeginnings Today Im featuring one of my current WyrdAndWonder reads, Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie. ![]() There’s character growth (I actually started to feel sorry for Jezel here, it made me realize how young and innocent he actually is) and stuff happens but also nothing really changes. ![]() If that is the case it was executed brilliantly. It’s like the author had an idea “What if I send all my protagonists on the stereotypical adventure but it all turns out to be pointless, nothing changes and they all end up where they started off”. Meanwhile West has been sent up to North to fight Bethod after his invasion, along with the Crown Prince, and soon Dogman, Threetrees and his crew are also involved. Glokta has been sent to hold the city of Dagoska, to hold the city to the last man against the Gurkish. ![]() Logen, Jezel and Ferro are travelling with Bayaz to the end of the world in search for a legendary item that will help in the fight against the Prophet. An almost literally pointless book, but still great! ![]()
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