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>>6940625

I haven't read Prince of Thorns unfortunately (because the sheer edgyness made it look uninteresting to me).

If you compare it to The Black Company, to Abercrombie or Abrahams, then it is definitely good military fantasy up there with those authors. There is a nice balance between descriptions of the military scale and the personal adventures of the (anti)heroes that give the book its many viewpoints.

As confusing as the many POVs initially are, they reward you with a lively grand scope of the moves different parties make in Alba, Morea, Thrake, Galle and the Wild. Many of these parallel plots eventually come together and end up in battles, adventures and alliances. This multitude of POVs is what I liked about Abrahams and Abercrombie, it's what I missed a bit in the Black Company.

If you're looking for more of a black and white scenario with a clear distinction between good and evil, then this book might not be for you. There is a definite cast of purely evil and destructive characters, but that is a thin line that more often than not does not run along the lines of actual war and conflict. Good people are manipulated by bad sorcerers, bad sorcerers are manipulated by entities beyond their understanding and eventually even demons are forced to ally with human renegades and free folk in order to avoid annihilation.


TL;DR
>if you like the politics and viewpoints of the Dagger and Coin series
read it
>if you like close up battle descriptions of melees, magic feats and men fighting monsters
read
>if you like characters than can be easily assigned to categories of good and bad
don't read it
>if you don't like military fiction, knights and tons of dead horses
don't read it
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