A fitting sequel to "The Blade Itself", this second part of the trilogy is entertaining, engaging and well-written with plenty of character development. It concerns a few story-lines: Ninefingers, along with Jesal, Bayaz, Quai and Ferro, travel West ot find a weapon to use in the forthcoming war.Co...
This is the second book in the First Law trilogy, and I enjoyed it equally as much as the first book. The first book had the advantage of the newness factor -- a new story, new characters, and a new world to learn about. This second book had the advantage of familiar characters. I was able to jump r...
29/7 - I've been dreading getting started on this review because I really don't know what to say about it. I suppose I could write FANTASTIC!! 50 times, but that's hardly a review in the truest sense of the word.Before they are Hanged was funny, sad, and full of gory action scenes. I do like a book...
Rarely do I like a series and stick to it. This one is just very good. Glokta, West, Logan follow their paths with their respective groups, paths filled with danger and uncertainty. Each path leads to death and unexpected encounters. They face a lot of violence and some worthwhile heartbreaking m...
The 1st Book (The Blade Itself) was good, but Before They Are Hanged is great. Whereas I found the The Blade Itself a little slow to start, Before They Are Hanged hits the ground running and never lets up. I didn't want this book to end, and will be jumping into the next book ASAP. I love Ambercromb...
The BasicsWhen last we left our heroes, Bayaz was organizing an expedition to the Old Empire to find a magical MacGuffin, and Ferro, Logen, and Jezal are his chosen band to help him in his quest. Meanwhile, Glokta has been shipped off to Dagoska with a Gurkish army standing right outside the city ga...
This book was quite strong, despite the definite "second book of a trilogy" feel it had. There was a lot of travel, and a lot of exposition (although the exposition was actually handled quite deftly). There was also an extremely typical Tolkien-esque quest which occupied the most central characters ...
I did enjoy the second instalment of The First Law trilogy. Joe Abercrombie is a fantastic writer, and his characters are marvellous. In the second of the series, we follow three very distinct strands: Glokta’s struggles against the Gurnish, West’s fight in the north, and Ninefinger’s grudging quest...
The First Law is a three book series: The Blade Itself; Before They Are Hanged; Last ARgument of Kings. I read these a year back, so I'm not aware enough of the finer details to review them individually. Not that such a thing is needed as the quality of the books is consistent. What you get in the f...
For me the second, or middle book always end up the worst, but Before They Are Hanged proved itself otherwise. I have to say that it's better than the first book, The Blade Itself.In The Blade Itself, we were just introduced to the amazing characters, and of course the world building just started. T...
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