What a slog! Ohh chef! I'll order one Nuts-to-Butts Gritty Action Fantasy with Dark Humor, but oh chef, please hold the humor. I couldn't possibly, no no.

I really enjoyed some portions of this, actually just precisely this one thing: I love how things just... happen. In several moments we may have a building tension, some fast words, mean looks, a clusterfuck set to break loose - and then a guy gets cleaved! or a guy gets exploded by a wizard! or a guy goes into a supernatural frenzy! or... a guy gets cleaved again? Cynical punchline with every scene. As (eventually?) enjoyable as it was to spend time with (really only two of) these characters, by the time I was onboard, I was just so numbed by an insistence to focus on barbarity and flippant meanness from every character instead of any ounce of worldbuilding or plot. I'll read something with a cast of morally bereft protagonists, but "Angland"? Really? Lol