This took me a long time to finish. Started as an audiobook, and didn't touch it for Jan-Feb. This is too close to the grimdark side of things, compared to what I usually read (Sanderson, Rothfuss, GRRM, ...). I enjoyed the revenge part of things, and while there were some really memorable characters, the author spends too much time shitting about the world.

Which is fine to a point, till when every second scene has a character going into a similar monologue about the world being fucked and everything being unfair. The book does pick up pace somewhat towards the end, and has a really nice character reveal (which I somehow completely missed). 3/5

Maybe I should have tried the First Law Trilogy before trying this.