Absolutely love the first half of this book, feels quite mythic. Nice characters, good banter. Then it just gets darker and darker. I thought reading it a second time would be more pleasant, but no it's still pretty bleak.

It's well written though, criminals do crimes, have crimes done unto them, etc. I'd re-read Abercrombie though I think. I keep fiddling with the star rating, somewhere between 3-5 depending on how I feel!