Are you thinking of buying Abercrombie's The Blade Itself?

[Vertigo]

Because if you are and you read eBooks then now would be a good time. It is currently on offer at £1.99 (at least in the UK):

Kindle: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002VHI8FE/?tag=brite-21

ePub: http://www.waterstones.com/watersto...ercrombie/the+blade+itself+28ebook29/6795723/

 

[prizzley]

I've just finished reading it. It's the first Joe Abercrombie for me and I won't rush to read another. For me, there were too many equal characters vying for my attention and ending didn't work - it was as though the story just came to a disappointing stop.

 

[Ursa major]

I've just finished reading it. It's the first Joe Abercrombie for me and I won't rush to read another. For me, there were too many equal characters vying for my attention and ending didn't work - it was as though the story just came to a disappointing stop.

That's because the "trilogy" is, in my opinion, one enormous book divided into three volumes. (And none the worse for being so, also in my opinion.)

 

[prizzley]

As long as the reader knows that, so isn't expecting a satisfactory (if interim) conclusion to each part.

 

[Ursa major]

The focus of volume two, Before They Are Hanged, switches to some new locations, so the split between volumes one and two is probably in the correct place.

But in general, it would be unwise to start reading a series expecting a completely satisfactory end to each volume (although these do exist). Some readers go so far as refusing to start a series before it's finished and published (which is not a problem with the First Law trilogy).