Review: The Way of Shadows
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wook77The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks. This book pulled me in, held me under the water and drowned me in its awesome.
The book follows Azoth. Supposedly. It's centred around him but I wouldn't say that it's specifically about him. It's about a whole slew of amazing characters. There's Durzo Blint - his master and a "wetboy" - an assassin with Talent. There's Doll Girl, the girl Azoth does anything to protect. There's Jarl, who gives in to a life to protect Azoth. There's Rat who makes Azoth's life hell. There's Momma K and Logan and Sereh and so many others.
They all weave in and out of Azoth's life until his life ends and Kylar Stern's begins and then the weave starts to come together.
This book is amazingly well plotted. There are twists and turns that I saw coming and way too many that I didn't see coming. It's got political intrigue, a casual acceptance of homosexuality (though the book starts out with VERY negative homosexuality and homophobia but it works out in the end), amazingly strong characters, an awesome plotline, characters you care about, awesome pacing and enough action that you don't even realize you've been reading for hours until you look up at the clock and boggle. 50 out of 10. Or, since I can only score it at 10 out of 10 - that's what I'm giving it.
Anyone else read this? Anyone want to discuss? I'm getting the next two books in the series either tonight or tomorrow depending on my back and I'd love to talk about this series with people.
The book follows Azoth. Supposedly. It's centred around him but I wouldn't say that it's specifically about him. It's about a whole slew of amazing characters. There's Durzo Blint - his master and a "wetboy" - an assassin with Talent. There's Doll Girl, the girl Azoth does anything to protect. There's Jarl, who gives in to a life to protect Azoth. There's Rat who makes Azoth's life hell. There's Momma K and Logan and Sereh and so many others.
They all weave in and out of Azoth's life until his life ends and Kylar Stern's begins and then the weave starts to come together.
This book is amazingly well plotted. There are twists and turns that I saw coming and way too many that I didn't see coming. It's got political intrigue, a casual acceptance of homosexuality (though the book starts out with VERY negative homosexuality and homophobia but it works out in the end), amazingly strong characters, an awesome plotline, characters you care about, awesome pacing and enough action that you don't even realize you've been reading for hours until you look up at the clock and boggle. 50 out of 10. Or, since I can only score it at 10 out of 10 - that's what I'm giving it.
Anyone else read this? Anyone want to discuss? I'm getting the next two books in the series either tonight or tomorrow depending on my back and I'd love to talk about this series with people.
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Date: 2009-03-15 01:24 am (UTC)I've not read this but I may have to check out the library and see if they have a copy.
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