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After finishing the John Gwynne's Bloodsworn Saga, which was superb by the way, I've jumped into The Devils by Joe Abercrombie.
When I'm reading it, I'm loving it, but when I'm not reading it, I'm not excited to pick it up. Only a third of the way through but so far, not a patch on The First Law trilogy.
 
Got gifted a loan by an elderly neighbour with a hard to find and expensive to buy 'Fitzpatricks war'.

Superb Alternate history.
 
After years of nagging and a trip to Chatsworth and Lyme Park (IYKYK), my better half bought me Pride and Prejudice
The first 70 pages or so were a bit of a slog, but then I got into the swing of the writing, and suddenly found it a much easier read
It was a bit verbose but that reflects the language of polite society back then
The story is very good and you can’t help but be sympathetic to Elizabeth Bennet’s situation
There’s lots of sly humour which I wasn’t expecting
Not sure I would recommend it unless you have enough stamina to get to the stage of easy familiarity with the writing, but then I’m used to John Grisham!

As an aside, I’ve seen the 1995 BBC adaptation a couple of times and am just rewatching it again - Alison Steadman and Julia Sawalha absolutely nail their roles
 
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