Before They Are Hanged
by Joe Abercrombie
Taste attributes: fantasywaradventuredramafastunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, sweeping fantasy novel: stirring and unsavoury. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.2 / 5
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About This Book
Superior Glokta has a problem. How do you defend a city surrounded by enemies and riddled with traitors, when your allies can by no means be trusted, and your predecessor vanished without a trace? It’s enough to make a torturer want to run – if he could even walk without a stick.
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- Author
- Joe Abercrombie
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 560
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- Open Library
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