Last Argument of Kings by Joe AbercrombieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The third installment of this gritty fantasy brings to an epic conclusion the events that were culminating in the last 2 books. Like Game of Thrones, it is also unique in that many of the characters do horrendous things but still simultaneously are 3d enough to make you understand their motivations.
The drive to power and the ruthlessness with which it is carried out, particularly by characters who are supposed to be the good guys flips the genre on its head and makes you question whether several characters are actually the bad guys after all.
It does this while maiming or killing off a number of important characters and continually enticing you to see how it all ends and what this is all leading to.
If you like situations with closure or clean neat divisions of black and white.... this isn't a book for you.
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