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| Title | : | The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1) |
| Author | : | Brent Weeks |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 645 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2008 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Epic Fantasy. Magic. High Fantasy |
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Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 645 pages Rating: 4.15 | 141587 Users | 4945 Reviews
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From New York Times Bestselling author Brent Weeks... For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city's most accomplished artist. For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he's grown up in the slums, and learned to judge people quickly - and to take risks. Risks like apprenticing himself to Durzo Blint. But to be accepted, Azoth must turn his back on his old life and embrace a new identity and name. As Kylar Stern, he must learn to navigate the assassins' world of dangerous politics and strange magics - and cultivate a flair for death.Describe Books Toward The Way of Shadows (Night Angel #1)
| Original Title: | The Way of Shadows |
| ISBN: | 0316033677 (ISBN13: 9780316033671) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Night Angel #1 |
| Characters: | Azoth, Durzo Blint, Elene Cromwyll, Jarl, Logan Gyre, Rimbold Drake, Viridiana Sovari, Gwinvere Kirena, Feir Cousat, Dorian Ursuul, Solonariwan Tofusin, Jenine Gyre, Neph Dada |
| Setting: | Cenaria Midcyru |
| Literary Awards: | David Gemmell Legend Award Nominee (2009), Compton Crook Award Nominee (2009) |
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Since this book is full of tropes and stereotypes I'm going to do this review Disney style!Our main character Azoth is a street urchin. Don't you love street urchins? Of course you do! You have been conditioned by Disney to do so. (Remember Lady and the Tramp? Aristocats? Aladdin?!)Azoth meets Durzo, a master assassin, sorry, master Wetboy. And here comes my first problem with this book. I HATE the word 'wetboy'. I always thought it was silly how some people hate the word 'moist' until I readI found this series to have the kind of "well" written and "witty" dialogue that every 12 year old pervert will love, due to its "well" thought out and "intellectual" nature. However, I beseech one to read this series as one will not be surprised in the least by the plot twists. In fact from page one, a discernible reader will know the basic ending of the story, and thus can praise it for being a well written work of fantasy. The author's characterization of women as being either virgins or
This book is really slow in the beginning until about 200 pages into the book. Then the speed of the book really picked up with full of action that included killing in painful ways. This book would do really well if it is made into a movie or especially if it is made into a video game. Overall, this is what an assassin should be.
Likeable, really, but something made this a hard book to delve into and get lost in the story. Could be the gritty scrabble of life in the mud of the Warrens. Could be that while character building was excellent, the world outside the Warrens lacks details, even as we meet the characters living there. Could be I've read too many stories lately with heroes of questionable ethics, and I need to cleanse my palate with light and fluffy (taking applications for light and fluffy~).Halfway through.
Ok, I have no idea what happened but the review I wrote earlier just kind of disappeared!! So I have to start all over again. Pffttt!3.5 stars.This is my first taste of Brent Weeks' books and I am liking it so far. I noticed a few readers ranting on the whole virgin/whore categorisation of women in this book, which is true, but I wasn't terribly bothered by it. At the very least, it did not aggravate me as much as a certain group of skirt-smoothing, sniffing, magic-wielding females. Ok, I'm
3.5 starsI dont ask you to like reality. I only ask you to be strong enough to face it.Durzo Blint is Cenarias most feared killer. Azoth is a frightened little boy living on the streets. Through a series of coincidences, the two come together in the dark underworld of the capital, and the guild rat becomes the assassins apprentice.The only thing you know about the plot is that youre following Azoths journey from the streets to becoming a top-notch killer. That can make things a bit confusing, as
5/5 starsKilling was no longer an activity, it was a state of being. Kylar became killing.The Skinny:This story follows Azoth as he becomes the wetboy, Kylar Stern. Under the tutelage of Durzo Blint, Kylar slowly transforms into one of the most formidable wetboys in the city. Kylars is put to the test, both physically and mentally, when a force larger than he could have anticipated threatens his city. My Review:As far as Fantasy goes, this is not the best out there. The politics were so-so, and
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