Joe Abercrombie delivered some awesome characters! Was this perfect? Nah. But it was entertaining as heck. Reserving full judgment until I get through the rest of the trilogy. This book was mostly setting up the next two, which I have feelings about. Feelings not specific to Abercrombie but fantasy in general. In what other genre do we forgive authors for making us read a 500+ book to establish a character’s backstory and the politics of a region?!?!