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buckeyebreezey 's review for:
The Way of Shadows
by Brent Weeks
I loved everything about the Lightbringer series - except the very end.
And I tried to read this trilogy years ago when I discovered Brent Weeks - and couldn't get into it.
I'm incredibly glad I gave it another chance. The Way of Shadows brings together a lot of common elements in fantasy (young boy apprenticed to a master, revenge, hidden identities) and also a lot that isn't (child abuse, prostitution as a profession) masterfully. Weeks has a talent (pun intended) for writing his characters so that the reader can picture them perfectly. Even the side characters who don't seem important to the story.
The only drawback to this story is that there are a LOT of characters to keep track of with the multiple POVs.
And I tried to read this trilogy years ago when I discovered Brent Weeks - and couldn't get into it.
I'm incredibly glad I gave it another chance. The Way of Shadows brings together a lot of common elements in fantasy (young boy apprenticed to a master, revenge, hidden identities) and also a lot that isn't (child abuse, prostitution as a profession) masterfully. Weeks has a talent (pun intended) for writing his characters so that the reader can picture them perfectly. Even the side characters who don't seem important to the story.
The only drawback to this story is that there are a LOT of characters to keep track of with the multiple POVs.