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Øyvind started reading Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks

Brent Weeks: Shadow's Edge (Paperback, Orbit Books)

Kylar Stern has rejected the assassin's life. In the wake of the Godking's violent coup, …

I couldn't stop reading the story og Night Angel

Øyvind reviewed The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

Brent Weeks: The Way of Shadows (Paperback, 2011, Orbit Books)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, …

The origin story of Night Angel

5 stars

The way of Shadows introduces us the world of Midcyru, and we follow the orphan Azoth and his story being teached the art of being a wetboy by Durzo Blint. It's an interesting world that we dip into and the world building is decent, and while the characters appear a bit one dimensional are there more to them and there is some character growth in this book, especially for Azoth.

Øyvind reviewed Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Brent Weeks: Night Angel Nemesis (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

An interesting return to the world of Midcyru

4 stars

This book has a totally different feel to the original Night Angel trilogy. It both works and throws me of it some times. The book starts fairly shortly after Beyond the Shadows and it one of it's main focuses is how the events from the end of the primary saga has changed the characters and the world. We get a fair bit of world building as we visit new places in the world and there are interesting character developments as well for the main characters of the book. If you like the original series then this is worth a read. You should be fine with having this as your first book into Midcyru since this is the first book in a new series, however you'll probably miss out on quite a few details.

Øyvind finished reading The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, his talents required from alleyway …

Øyvind started reading The Way of Shadows by Brent Weeks (Night Angel Trilogy)

For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art. And he is the city's most accomplished artist, …

Reading night angel emisis made me want to reread this series again

Øyvind rated Ringdrotten: 5 stars

J.R.R. Tolkien: Ringdrotten (Hardcover, Nynorsk language, 2021)

Ringdrotten by J.R.R. Tolkien

«Alvar under blåna eig ringane tri. Sju fekk dvergdrottane i salar av stein. Menn som er sake til dauden, fekk …

Øyvind started reading Ringdrotten by J.R.R. Tolkien

«Alvar under blåna eig ringane tri. Sju fekk dvergdrottane i salar av stein. Menn som …

Fikk boka i bursdagsgave så det er endelig på tide å lese Ringdrotten igjen for 3. gangen.

Øyvind finished reading Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

Øyvind quoted Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

"Ooooh." said Vi, feeling very very stupid. "So the book made up all that stuff? Just off-the-cuff?" "Off-the-margin, you mean?" "Huh?" "Never you mind. You said when you fil ahead the pages are blank?" Vi noded. "The magic on the book senses who's reading it; that's why only you can read it. It wants to only be read by you, so when anyone else tries, there's some kind of trap triggered..."

— Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1) (Page 444)

Øyvind quoted Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

"What is it with men and breast" Vi said aloud. Across the room, Sister Ariel looked up curiously. "Actually---" "I don't---I don't think you're the right person to answer that," Vi said. "No offense."

— Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1) (Page 181)

Øyvind quoted Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1)

She scoffs, amused. "Kylar, if you were going to retire, you'd've done it."

"You wouldn't have done that job at the Repha'im estate. Some of my best agents have been doing 'one last job' for me for twenty years, Kylar. ruth is, people like us don't get new jobs. We're lucky if we get new masters---a thousand time luckier that most if our new master as i man like Logan. No matter how you lie to yourself, you'll get pulled back into the life, and the longer you wait to do what you must, the more heartache and grief you'll cause everyone around you.

— Night Angel Nemesis by Brent Weeks (The Kylar chronicles, #1) (Page 0)

Just seems to sum up the premise of the story in this book

Øyvind reviewed Traitor by Anthony Ryan (Covenant of Steel, #3)

Anthony Ryan: Traitor (2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited)

A decent end to this series

4 stars

The traitor finishes the story of Alwyn Scribe that started back in the pariah, and I have some of the same issues with this book that I had with that one. Simply put there's just something about how this story is narrated in these two books that I didn't have an issue with in the martyr. However I'm unable to tell what the is though. I enjoyed the story and the characters and the setting. Alwyn is an interesting character to follow and how Lady Evadine Courlain characters develops through the story is both interesting and scary. We get to see more of the world and get some answers however I have at least as many new questions as the ones that got solved. Parts of the book felt a bit fast tracked however I'm uncertain if slowing them down would work either as that would make the story a …

The traitor finishes the story of Alwyn Scribe that started back in the pariah, and I have some of the same issues with this book that I had with that one. Simply put there's just something about how this story is narrated in these two books that I didn't have an issue with in the martyr. However I'm unable to tell what the is though. I enjoyed the story and the characters and the setting. Alwyn is an interesting character to follow and how Lady Evadine Courlain characters develops through the story is both interesting and scary. We get to see more of the world and get some answers however I have at least as many new questions as the ones that got solved. Parts of the book felt a bit fast tracked however I'm uncertain if slowing them down would work either as that would make the story a lot slower. All in all I think that it is a decent book, that seems to be set in a world where a huge part of the world building is inspired by the catholic church, and to some part Christianity in general.