Music/sound effects between scenes/chapters was a nice touch as well, although it would have been nicer to not re-use sound effects from the previous books. His narration enhanced the dark comedy and whit of Joe Abercrombie’s writing, and I felt myself absorbed into the action scenes/battles. His character acting was flawless, each having a distinctive and believable voice. This shows masterful writing on JA’s part, and a very well deserved 5/5 stars Performance – 5/5 Steven Pacey is one of the best narrators out there. There was no confusion for what was happening, even though the small interwoven sections of each day of the battle make it an extremely complex story to tell. As you can expect with a story-long battle, there is plenty of action – probably the most I have come across in a single novel before. As usual with JA, I found myself laughing out loud on a regular basis. I especially loved Wirren of Blye’s character (apologies if I have spelt that wrong), even though he wasn’t a main character in the story.

He does this superbly, incorporating his usual sharp whit and ensuring that all characters are extremely likeable both the good and the bad ones. What this story does concentrate on though is the character development and how different people cope with a bloody battle from both sides and all officer levels (including new recruits). Very different to the other JA novels, but he just keeps getting better and better Story – 5/5 Joe Abercrombie has taken a different approach to this story – he has removed pretty much all of the plot, and created an entire story based on a single battle between the Union and the North which spans a few days.

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