Many authors have tried this whole anti-hero 'thing'. Anti-heroes are not perfect, they are dark and flawed but they achieve greatness in spite of themselves and you end up falling in love with them. I end up hating these characters.

However Mark Lawrence has created Jorg who is a murderer and all round asshole. He kills and pillaged from the innocent. But I end up liking him. He is fourteen and aim to be king by fifteen. As you continue reading you gain an understanding of who he is and why he acts the way he does.