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I'll try not to spoil the ending. But if you've read the first two books, you can't possibly think that the boy will get the girl, or that our flawed heroes will be redeemed, or that the good guys will triumph and preside over a new era of peace and prosperity, can you? Who are the good guys, anyway? That's a question that is never answered.
The ending is shocking in its cynicism. "You have to be realistic," the barbarian character Logen is always saying, and this series is certainly notable for ...more
The ending is shocking in its cynicism. "You have to be realistic," the barbarian character Logen is always saying, and this series is certainly notable for ...more
I ripped through the first two books in this series months ago, but delayed reading the conclusion...not because I thought it wouldn't be good, but because I knew it would be DEVASTATINGLY good (emphasis on the devastating), and I had to psych myself up to find out what happened to everyone. I was not wrong. The last book in the series was fantastic, and also exceedingly bleak. And there's nothing I would change about it.
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Fun story. Graphic battles, lots if dark twists and turns.
Joe Abercrombie made me fall in love with these characters, and then wrote so much action that I spent the book laughing, gasping, and generally completely engaged. My only regret is that I desperately want to know what Logen does after this book. I will definitely be reading more of Joe Abercrombie's work in the near future.
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